Wyoming

NO standalone personal finance/financial literacy course or credit is required for a Wyoming high school diploma; W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii) sets minimums of 4 years English, 3 math, 3 science and 3 social studies (including 'history, American government and economic systems and institutions') with NO finance course named.

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Source: Graduation requirements sit in W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii) and in State Board of Education Chapter 3, Wyoming Graduation Standards and Requirements (formerly WDE Chapter 31; renumbered/revised through 2025 rulemaking, public comment closed Sept. 8, 2025). NO enacted financial literacy bill was identified in the 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 sessions.

How it may be delivered: EMBEDDED/OPTIONAL only: personal finance content appears as INDICATORS inside the Social Studies content and performance standards (Standard 3, Production, Distribution, and Consumption); districts may offer standalone electives but the state does not mandate one.; Source: Wyoming — delivery model: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Credit value: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
Instructional-hour rule: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
Below high school: No middle or elementary financial literacy requirement. Personal-finance-adjacent indicators exist at the GRADE 5 and GRADE 8 benchmark checkpoints (SS5.3.4 money, banking, savings, budgeting; SS8.3.4 how money is used by individuals, groups and financial institutions).; Source: Wyoming — below-high-school requirement: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
State-mandated assessment: NONE - Wyoming has no state financial literacy or personal finance assessment or EOC, and no such assessment is established in W.S. 21-2-304.; Source: Wyoming — state assessment: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Who may teach it: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
State course codes: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
Standards framework: Wyoming Social Studies Content and Performance Standards (WyCPS) - the only state standards document containing personal finance content; Wyoming has NO separate financial literacy content area (Adopted effective December 18, 2014; revised with additions effective AUGUST 15, 2018. WDE opened the NEXT REVIEW of the 2018 social studies standards in …); Source: Wyoming — standards framework: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Funding a district may cite: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
State agency contact: Wyoming Department of Education, 122 W. 25th St., Cheyenne, WY; (307) 777-7675. State Board of Education Coordinator Diana Clapp, diana.clapp@wyo.gov, (307) 851-3478.; Source: Wyoming — agency contact: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09

Facts on this page last verified 2026-08-09; every pack is re-verified on a six-month cadence, and anything we cannot cite is marked rather than guessed.

The district awards the credit — no platform can. Ours is designed to align with the state’s learning standards, and it produces the documentation a district needs to award credit: the course object with its federal course code, a pass determination that shows its arithmetic, an hour ledger that counts only observed instructional minutes, and a verified record of demonstrated mastery for every student.

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