Rhode Island is one of just 14 states that does not require personal finance to be integrated into high school curricula, and its young people have demonstrated low financial literacy levels.
Georgia, Texas, and Idaho passed mandates around 2003 and 2004 that required at least a half-year course in financial education for high school graduation.
Pennsylvania established a task force through an act passed by the General Assembly in 2010. The task force consisted of nine members who investigated the current status of and need for K–12 economic and personal financial education.