StateScape.com, where guest visitors can search, for free, federal and states' legislation.

Posted by: Kathy Griffin

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I found this cool service, StateScape.com, where guest visitors can search, for free, federal and states' legislation.  See what your State is doing about financial literacy!
 
I searched "financial literacy" in "All States", and the return was 315. 273, actually, after I eliminated duplicates.  That speaks volumes about the level of attention that Financial Literacy is finally receiving from our lawmakers, spurred now by the economic crisis.
 
What I especially like about StateScapes' engine is that the search results include hot links directly to the full text of the bill on each State's .gov site.  That means you get the latest, current version of the bill.
 
NCEE surveys the States every couple of years or so about their Economics and Personal Finance curricula. It's too bad 2007 is their latest Survey of the States, because ALOT has happened in States' financial literacy curricula since then.
 
Jump$tart has a map of Personal Finance curricula in States, but I'm not sure about their process. Illinois, for example, has required for many years completion of its Consumer Science course to graduate high-school, but because it's not called Personal Finance, they're not a "gold" state on Jump$tart's map. Incidentally, MoneyU is available to Illinois students through the Illinois Virtual School, as well as in classrooms, to meet the requirement. New Jersey passed a Personal Finance mandate more than a  month ago, but isn't yet a "gold' state either.

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