New Hampshire

What the state requires

YES. NH Admin Rule Ed 306.23(g), Table 306-1 requires 1/2 credit in 'Economics, including personal finance' among the 20 credits for a regular diploma; Ed 306.23(h), Table 306-2 adds a STANDALONE 1/2 credit in 'Financial literacy' (separate from a 1/2 credit in Economics) beginning in the 2026-2027 school year for students entering high school.

Ed 306.23(h) states Table 306-2 applies 'Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year for those students entering high school.' The rule names NO graduating class; on a standard 4-year sequence that cohort graduates in 2030, but the class year is not stated in the rule. 2026-2027 school year for the standalone 1/2-credit financial literacy requirement (Table 306-2) - i.e. the school year now beginning. The Table 306-1 'Economics, including personal finance' 1/2 credit is in effect now under the rule readopted effective 12-13-2024.

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How it may be delivered

CURRENTLY EMBEDDED: personal finance is delivered inside a 1/2-credit economics requirement. Under Table 306-2 it becomes a STANDALONE 1/2-credit financial literacy graduation requirement listed separately from economics.gc.nh.gov

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Credit value

0.5 credit. Table 306-1: 'Economics, including personal finance - 1/2 credit.' Table 306-2: 'Financial literacy - 1/2 credit' PLUS a separate 'Economics - 1/2 credit.' Both tables total 20 credits minimum (local boards may require more).gc.nh.gov

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Below high school

No middle or elementary personal finance/financial literacy requirement found. Ed 306.21 (K-8 curriculum) requires social studies including civics and Holocaust and genocide education (beginning grade 8) but does not mandate economics or personal finance; no grade-level checkpoint exists.gc.nh.gov

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State-mandated assessment

NONE. RSA 193-C:6 limits the statewide assessment to mathematics and English/language arts in grades 3-8 and one high school grade, and science once in grade 5, once in grade 8 and one high school grade. No personal finance or economics EOC.gc.nh.gov

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State agency contact

NH Department of Education, Bureau of Instructional Support - Jessica Lescarbeau, Bureau Administrator IV, (603) 271-0058, Jessica.L.Lescarbeau@doe.nh.gov. NHED main office: 101 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, (603) 271-3494.education.nh.gov

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