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2005-06 Enrollments Public and Nonpublic Grades 9-12
Business Business Economics• 104 courses = 1,757
Personal Finance• 263 courses = 4,669
Introduction to Business• 213 courses = 3,364
TOTAL = 18,769
Family & Consumer Sciences
Consumer Economics• 39 courses = 427
Independent Living• 186 courses = 2,287
Social Studies Economics• 342 courses = 6,265
Appendix Bwww.nde.state.ne.us/BMIT/pdf/FinancialEducationStBoardReport12-6-06.pdf
299 schools out of 341 or 87.7% offer at least one financial education course
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Business Econ
Personal Finance
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Appendix B
2005-06 Public and Nonpublic High Schools (9-12) Offering
One or More Courses in Financial Education
1 Course 35.5%
2 Courses 36.1%
3 Courses 22.6%
4 Courses 5.7%
5 Courses 0%
6 Courses 0%
Appendix C
47 public and nonpublic schools requireeither a Personal Finance or Consumer
Economics Course for graduation.
Complete report delivered to State Board of Education 12’2006
www.nde.state.ne.us/BMIT/pdf/FinancialEducationStBoardReport12-6-06.pdf
Nebraska Career Fields and Clusters Model
Underlying Themes in the NCE Model
Entrepreneurship
Financial Literacy
Global Perspectives
Technology Literacy
Work & Family Literacy
Career Student Organizations Focusing on
Financial Education
DECA
FBLA
FCCLA
FFA
Business, Marketing and Management Career Field
Finance Cluster• Accounting
• Banking Services
• Business Finance
• Securities and Investments
• Insurance
Personal Financewww.nde.state.ne.us/BMIT/Curriculum/personalfinance.htm
Course outlines for David City, Fillmore Central, Lincoln East
Units of study
Making the Case for Financial Education in Nebraska: A Report delivered to the State Board of Education, December, 2006
Financial Education Partners
Nebraska Financial Education Coalition
Nebraska Council on Economic Education
FutureForce Finance
Federal Reserve Bank
Nebraska Financial Education Coalition
Partners meet quarterly
Affiliated with Jump $tart Coalition• Conducts a national survey through random testing
• 50.8% pass rate in Nebraska compared to 48.3 for the nation (19 Nebraska schools participated)
Getting on Board annual conference• Focuses on policy issues birth to death
Money Smart Week, November 10-16
FutureForce Finance
Partners meet quarterly
Business persons, postsecondary educators
Developed career education materials for teachers to use with students• www.futureforcenebraska.org/Talent_PP/Finance/
resources.html
Developed 3 dual-credit course models• College Personal Financial Management
• College Accounting
• College Introduction to Business
Nebraska Council on Economic Education
Stock Market Game
Finance Challenge, online competition
Econ Challenge, online competition
Virtual Economics CD
Teacher training
EcEd Web – ecedweb.unomaha.edu/home.cfm
Federal Reserve Bank
Provides teachers with free resources
Partners with Nebraska Department of Education to facilitate teacher training
www.federalreserveeducation.org
More Resources . . .
www.nde.state.ne.us/BMIT - select Online Resources, Personal Finance• ABCs of Credit Card Finance
• Financial Calculators
• Practical Money Skills
