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Committee amends financial‑literacy rule and forwards revised draft to the board
Summary
After technical edits and two amendments — deleting an inaccurate funding phrase and adding language referencing the "success sequence" joint resolution — the committee approved rule R277704 (financial and economic literacy integration) and forwarded it to the full board for final approval.
The Standards and Assessment Committee approved amendments to rule R277704, which governs integration of financial and economic literacy into core curriculum, and voted unanimously to forward the revised draft to the full board for final approval.
Leah Longhurst, director of Career and Technical Education, and April Painter, education specialist for financial literacy, described the rule as a codified mechanism to align classroom instruction with statutory expectations. Longhurst reminded members that financial literacy is a legislatively driven requirement for graduation, generally taught as a one‑semester course in 11th or 12th grade, and that the board maintains an end‑of‑course assessment administered under contract.
Committee members proposed and approved a wording change on line 14 to remove the phrase “provide funds appropriated by the legislature,” since the rule does not itself appropriate funding. The committee voted unanimously to strike that funding language and to replace it with phrasing focused on integrating financial and economic literacy concepts into instruction.
The committee also voted unanimously to add language referencing “success sequence” principles. Members asked staff to use the definition from 2024 Joint Resolution SJR 3 and to review the Utah State University research brief that examined how success‑sequence concepts could align with existing courses. Staff said they would distribute the USU brief and bring any recommended alignments back to the committee.
Why it matters: The rule guides how financial and economic literacy concepts are integrated across grades and how the state supports teacher professional development and the end‑of‑course assessment. Amendments remove an inaccurate funding claim and add an explicit directive to consider success‑sequence principles, reflecting a recent joint resolution from the Legislature.
Ending: With the committee’s amendments complete, members approved the rule draft on first reading and forwarded R277704 to the full board for second and final reading.
