Personal Financial Literacy
SBOE Approved Materials
List of Approved Materials
(Approved by the State Board of Education 2006)
Areas of Instruction:
A. understanding interest, avoiding and eliminating credit card debt
B. understanding the rights and responsibilities of renting or buying a home
C. managing money to make the transition from renting a home to home ownership
D. starting a small business
E. being a prudent investor in the stock market and using other investment options
F. beginning a savings program and planning for retirement
G. bankruptcy
H. the types of bank accounts available to consumers and the benefits of maintaining a bank account
I. balancing a check book
J. the types of loans available to consumers and becoming a low-risk borrower
K. understanding insurance
L. charitable giving
Materials & Contact Information
Better Business Bureau Education Foundation - Young Consumer Advocate Program
www.youngconsumer.org/index.html
Center for Consumer Law - Know Your Rights
Center for Student Credit Card Ed., Inc. - The ABCs of Credit Card Finance
www.dfi.ca.gov/abcscreditcard/default.asp
Dave Ramsey's Office - Financial Peace for the Next Generation
First Command Educational Foundation - Personal Financial Literacy for Texas HS
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Money Smart
www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/index.html
Federal Reserve of Dallas - Building Wealth
www.dallasfed.org/ca/wealth/index.html
Financial Planning Association - Money School
Coming soon…
Foundation For Financial Literacy - Passport to Fiscal Fitness
Foundation for Investor Education & Texas Council for Investor Education - Stock Market Game
/www.texasinvestor-ed.org/SMG/index.html
Frost Bank - Frost Financial Youth Academy
No website at this time.
Green Path, Inc. - The “Banking Is” Program
www.greenpath.com/Community_Programs.htm (new website pending)
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston - Civics in Practice
www.hrw.com/social/gov/civ07/index.htm
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston - Economics
www.hrw.com/social/he/index.htm
IBAT Education Foundation - IBAT Clearinghouse for Kids, Teachers, Parents, Bankers
foundation.ibat.org/about_tea_approves_ibat.asp
Internal Revenue Service - Understanding Taxes
www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes
Investor Protection Trust - FL 2010
Junior Achievement - Economics
www.ja.org/programs/programs_high_econ.shtml
Junior Achievement - Personal Finance
www.ja.org/programs/programs_high_perfin.shtml
Jr. Finance Literacy Academy, Inc. - Personal Financial Literacy Flash Cards
Money Academy - Financial Literacy: Making Your Money Grow
Money Brains, Inc. - Money Brains
National Council on Economic Education - Financial Fitness for Life
http://www.ncee.net/ea/program.php?pid=8
National Council on Economic Education - Learning, Earning, and Investing
www.ncee.net/ea/program.php?pid=24
National Council on Economic Education - Your Credit Counts
store.ncee.net/yourcreditcounts-participant.html
National Endowment for Financial Education - NEFE High School Financial Planning Program
www.nefe.org/hsfppportal/index.html
Operation HOPE, Inc. - Banking on Our Future
www.operationhope.org/smdev/clst4.php?id=172
Remar Sutton & Associates - Is That So?
Remtech Inc. - TimeMaps: Money, Management & Life Skills
Muriel F. Siebert Foundation, Inc. - Personal Finance Program: Taking Control of Your Financial Future
Coming soon…
Spending Solutions, Inc. - My Money Myself
Star Telegram/NIE - Life is Expensive
Star Telegram - Project Money$mart
Star Telegram/NEFE - NEFE newspaper feature
State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section - Money Wise
Visa USA - Practical Money Skills for Life
www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.php
Wells Fargo - Hands On Banking
XPC Systems, LLC - Controlling Your Cash
Provided by the Social Studies Unit, Texas Education Agency