Connecticut PA 23-111, Personal Finance Graduation Requirement

PA 23-111 requires it.
We teach it.

Connecticut requires a personal finance course for every public high school student. Below is the complete alignment between The Crescara//Project curriculum and Connecticut's personal finance education standards.

The Law

What PA 23-111 actually requires.

In June 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed PA 23-111 into law, requiring all public high school students to complete a standalone personal financial management and financial literacy course before graduation. The requirement went into effect for students entering high school in the 2024 to 2025 school year.

Connecticut's law is direct: a dedicated course, no substitutions, covering income, budgeting, banking, credit, insurance, and investing. The Crescara//Project exceeds every standard in Connecticut's financial literacy curriculum framework and provides teachers with a completely turn-key program.

2023
Year Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the personal finance education law
Half credit
Standalone personal financial management and literacy course required for graduation
10 Required Content Areas
Every content area in this state's personal finance standards is covered across Units 1, 2, and 3 of The Crescara//Project.
Full Curriculum Alignment

Every required topic. Covered.

PA 23-111 Required Topic
Crescara//Project Coverage
Unit
Income and Employment
Ch. 2 Paycheck and Benefits, Ch. 10 Career and Resumes, Ch. 11 Negotiating
Units 1 and 2
Taxes
Ch. 13 Taxes, what a paycheck actually takes, why, and how to file
Unit 2
Budgeting and Money Management
Ch. 3 Budgeting, Ch. 4 Know Where Your Money Is, Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money
Unit 1
Saving and Building Wealth
Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money, Ch. 6 Banks and Accounts, Ch. 23 High Yield Savings, CDs, and Treasuries
Units 1 and 3
Credit and Debt
Ch. 12 Credit Scores, Ch. 14 Interest Rates, Ch. 16 Credit Cards, Ch. 17 Student Loans
Unit 2
Banking and Financial Services
Ch. 6 Types of Banks, Credit Unions, and Accounts, Ch. 26 Platform Simulations
Units 1 and 3
Insurance and Risk Management
Ch. 18 Healthcare and Disability, Ch. 24 Life Insurance, plus the Consequence Engine insurance scenarios
Units 2 and 3
Investing
Ch. 19 Investment Overview, Ch. 20 Stocks and Bonds, Ch. 21 Funds, Ch. 22 Costs of Investing, Ch. 26 Brokerage Platforms
Unit 3
Consumer Rights and Responsibility
Ch. 15 reading fine print, borrower rights, total cost of borrowing, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money
Unit 2
Financial Goal Setting
Ch. 8 Setting Goals, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money, Ch. 9 How to Build Wealth, Ch. 27 Capstone
Units 1 and 3
Beyond Compliance

Meeting the mandate is the floor. We teach past it.

PA 23-111 sets the minimum. A checklist of topics is not a curriculum. The Crescara//Project sequences Connecticut's required content areas in the order students will actually encounter them in life, connects them to each other, and builds habits through repetition, not review sheets.

You can't teach investing without first teaching budgeting. You can't teach credit without first teaching income. The sequence is the curriculum.

Personalized by geography
Content adapts to each student's real financial context. A student in rural Connecticut and a student in a major city are not facing the same realities.
Habits built in, not bolted on
Budgeting, saving, reading fine print, reinforced across all three units through the Consequence Engine, not addressed once in a single chapter.
Zero prior knowledge assumed
Every concept is introduced from scratch. Teachers do not need a financial background. Students do not need one either.
Ready to meet the mandate?

The curriculum is ready now.

Connecticut schools that connect now will be ahead of the requirement. Reach out at info@crescaraproject.org.

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