EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 51833
51833. (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.
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