Saint Croix board approves change to personal finance requirement, adopts career-readiness credit

The Saint Croix School District Board of Education voted July 23 to revise its graduation requirements by removing career-readiness components from the half-credit personal finance course and establishing a new career-readiness requirement delivered through weekly advisory/ACP sessions.

Board members approved a motion to delete the “/careers” designation from the district’s personal finance graduation requirement and to require students to earn 0.25 credits per year they attend Saint Croix Central (SCC) in career readiness and social-emotional-learning (SEL) competencies. The board also approved creation of a new pass/fail career-readiness class tied to those credits.

District staff told the board the change responds to Wisconsin Act 60, which requires a standalone personal financial literacy credit for graduates beginning with the class of 2028. Presenters said the district’s current personal finance course covers five of six state-required finance strands and that shifting careers out of the course would allow the class to meet all required finance standards.

Tracy Crowl…