Governor Dan McKee signed Section 16-22-13 of the Rhode Island General Laws in June 2021, requiring new personal finance standards and demonstrated proficiency as a condition of high school graduation. Rhode Island's financial literacy graduation requirement went into effect for the class of 2024, mandating that all students demonstrate proficiency in financial literacy before they can graduate. Rhode Island's approach emphasizes demonstrated competency, not just seat time, making it one of the more rigorous financial literacy mandates in the country.
Rhode Island schools need a curriculum that actually produces competency, not just completion. The Crescara//Project builds financial literacy through repetition, interactive tools, and real-world application, meeting Rhode Island's proficiency standard through a program that teaches students to actually use what they learn.
Rhode Island RIGL §16-22-13 sets the minimum. A checklist of topics is not a curriculum. The Crescara//Project sequences Rhode Island'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.
Rhode Island schools that connect now will be ahead of the requirement. Reach out at info@crescaraproject.org.