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Education Code § 51833

ARTICLE 12. Consumer Economics Programs

Current as of September 28, 2026Ed. Code, § 51833Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 440.

(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, plan and develop a one-semester instructional program entitled consumer economics for use in schools maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive. When completed, the program shall be made available to all school districts and schools with grades 7 to 12, inclusive.

(b) The instructional program shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:

(1) Fundamentals of banking for personal use.

(2) Elementary contracts.

(3) Consumer guides to purchasing.

(4) Uses and costs of credit.

(5) Types and costs of insurance.

(6) Forms of governmental taxation.