State Requirements - Colorado
2008 HOUSE BILL 08-1168
Authorization:
House Bill 08-1168.
Concerning financial literacy in kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade
education. The board shall adopt standards for financial literacy that
address, at a minimum, the financial literacy topics specified in
section 22-2-127 (1). The board shall revise the statewide mathematics
assessment to ensure that the identified financial literacy standards
are assessed within the mathematics assessments administered pursuant
to the Colorado student assessment program implemented pursuant to
section 22-7-409. Each district shall also revise its curricula to
ensure that the curricula include financial literacy in the district's
programs of study, and each district shall adopt assessments that are
aligned with the financial literacy standards. A district may include
assessment of financial literacy standards within assessments that
address standards in other subject areas. The board shall identify the
financial literacy standards that are appropriately assessed within a
mathematics assessment and shall ensure that the identified standards
are assessed within the mathematics assessments administered as part of
the system of assessments adopted pursuant to section 22-7-1006.
22-7-1005. Preschool through elementary and secondary education -
aligned standards - adoption - revisions. (2) (a) the state
board shall ensure that the preschool through elementary and secondary
education standards, at a minimum, include standards in reading,
writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, visual and
performing arts, physical education, world languages, economics,
civics, financial literacy, and any other instructional areas for which
the state board had adopted standards as of January 1, 2008.
Curriculum:
Each district shall
also revise its curricula to ensure that the curricula include
financial literacy in the district's programs of study, and each
district shall adopt assessments that are aligned with the financial
literacy standards.
Status Description:
Requires financial literacy to be included in the model content
standards for mathematics and the mathematics state assessments.
Resources:
HB08-1168
HB08-1168 Fiscal Impact
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