learnfinancewithNebraska
YES - a CREDIT mandate, not merely an instruction mandate. Neb. Rev. Stat. 79-3003 requires each public school student to 'complete at least one five-credit high school course in personal finance or financial literacy prior to graduation', and 79-729 requires that at least five of the 200 minimum graduation credit hours be such a course. A separate K-8 instruction mandate also applies.
Class of 2024 - NDE guidance states the course must be completed 'before the end of the 2023-2024 school year' and that this applies to 'current high school juniors, or those graduating in 2024.' School year 2023-24 ('Beginning with school year 2023-24...' per 79-3003 and 79-729).
In force — first bound the class of 2024.
- How it may be delivered
- DEDICATED COURSE (5 credit hours, typically one semester) - but districts choose the course: 'Each school district is able to determine which course and/or courses best satisfy their needs to meet the financial literacy/personal finance requirements as long as they satisfy the necessary components found in Nebraska State Statute 79-3002.' NDE lists three recommended course codes and permits an 'Other' code for locally designed courses.
- 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
- YES - 79-3003 requires each district, in consultation with NDE, to 'include financial literacy instruction, as appropriate, in the instructional program of its elementary and middle schools' (public schools only). NO grade checkpoint, credit value or hour minimum is specified.
- State-mandated assessment
- NONE - Nebraska's statewide assessment (NSCAS) covers English language arts, mathematics and science only; there is no state assessment or EOC in social studies, economics or personal finance.
- Who may teach it
- Set by NDE's 'Course Codes and Clearing Endorsements' manual. In the v9.1.0 (May 9, 2018) manual, both 033000 Personal Finance and 033002 carry clearing endorsements Basic Business (0301), Business/Marketing/Info Tech (0304) and Economics (1503).
- State course codes
- 033000; 033002; 090104 — Personal Finance; Wealth Building Fundamentals (listed in the 2018-19 NDE list as 'College Wealth Building & Financial Management'); Life and Career Readiness (MEDIUM confidence) — NDE's three RECOMMENDED codes. NDE also permits the appropriate 'Other' course code for a locally designed course meeting the 79-3002 components. Only the ARCHIVED 2018-19 version of the manual was reachable, so confidence is MEDIUM.
- Standards framework
- Nebraska Social Studies Standards (financial literacy is embedded within the Economics discipline; 79-760.01 requires the State Board to adopt measurable academic content standards for financial literacy AS PART OF the social studies standards) (Approved by the Nebraska State Board of Education NOVEMBER 8, 2019)
- Funding a district may cite
- Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
- State agency contact
- Bre Wilton, Social Studies Specialist, Nebraska Department of Education - Bre.wilton@nebraska.gov, (531) 310-2943.
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.