California § 51226.8. 51226.8. (Added by renumbering Section 51225.32 (as added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 37, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 57.)

California Statutes

§ 51226.8. — 51226.8. (Added by renumbering Section 51225.32 (as added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 37, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 57.)

California § 51226.8.

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Code EDCEducation Code - EDC

Div.4.

Title 2.DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES

Part 28.PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Required Courses of Study

Art. 3.ARTICLE 3. Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

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(a)The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop and recommend to the state board, for consideration and adoption by the state board, a curriculum guide and resources for a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance, that is not combined with any other course. On or before May 31, 2026, the state board shall adopt a curriculum guide and resources for a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance based on the Instructional Quality Commission’s recommendation. The curriculum guide and resources shall include all of, and only, the personal finance content specified in paragraphs (1) to (13), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 51284.5.

(b)In the event that the state board has not adopted a curriculum guide and resources for a separate, st

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(a)
The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop and recommend to the state board, for consideration and adoption by the state board, a curriculum guide and resources for a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance, that is not combined with any other course. On or before May 31, 2026, the state board shall adopt a curriculum guide and resources for a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance based on the Instructional Quality Commission’s recommendation. The curriculum guide and resources shall include all of, and only, the personal finance content specified in paragraphs (1) to (13), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 51284.5.
(b)
In the event that the state board has not adopted a curriculum guide and
resources for a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance as of May 31, 2026, local educational agencies, including charter schools, shall locally develop the curriculum and resources to offer a separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance meeting the requirements of clause (v) of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3 for approval by the governing board or body of the local educational agency, in order to meet the requirement to offer the separate, stand-alone one-semester course in personal finance as of the 2027–28 school year described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (H) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51225.3.
(c)
The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Instructional Quality Commission for purposes of carrying out the duties required under subdivision (a).