State offers $1.4M in teaching grants to bring personal finance courses to high schoolers

by Molly Burke, Bay City News August 26, 2022August 24, 2022

A recent survey of California voters found that 85 percent believe personal finance classes should be taught in high school, yet only 26 percent of the state's students have access to such classes. A new round of teaching grants seeks to change that. (Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond recently announced $1.4 million in financial literacy grants in partnership with Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit promoting the implementation of personal finance courses in high schools across the United States.

The grants will provide professional development to high school teachers across California to start personal finance electives at their schools. The first 1,000 teachers to complete 20 hours of professional development coursework through Next Gen Personal Finance will earn a $500 stipend.

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