Name: Denver Public Schools give students a head start on financial literacy
Uploaded: 2025-11-08T05:10:24.682Z
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Description: Starting with the 2027-2028 school year, Colorado schools will be required to provide personal financial literacy courses in order for students to graduate.

Starting with the 2027-2028 school year, Colorado schools will be required to provide personal financial literacy courses in order for students to graduate.

Denver

Denver Public Schools (DPS) are implementing comprehensive financial literacy programs to prepare students for a new Colorado state law requiring financial education for graduation starting in 2027. The curriculum includes in-class lessons on topics such as budgeting, credit cards, and student aid, as well as interactive experiences like stock market simulations.

Teachers and students report increased enthusiasm for learning personal finance, with DPS considered ahead of other districts in adopting these changes. The initiative aims to equip students with essential financial skills before graduation, aligning with the upcoming requirements of House Bill 25-1192.

Denver Public Schools give students a head start on financial literacy

Denver Public Schools is getting students excited about personal finances while preparing the district to be compliant with a new state law. In-class training on budgets, credit cards, and student aid are complemented with fun activities like the simulated stock market. Denver 7's Colin Riley grabbed a calculator and visited the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge. We're going to see what events are occurring and try to get risky by putting all our money in a certain spot instead of diversifying. Before they graduate, today's students are looking to learn more about personal finance. How much did we get? We just bought, how much was it? And they're looking to their schools to help out. I think it's something that's skipped over a lot in school and general education. At this stock trading simulation, DPS students are competing to see who can grow the biggest portfolio in one hour. So every minute simulates a day in the stock market. So it should be two months of actual, real-life stock market challenges. And they'll have news events that come and go throughout the days that they have to trade on the information that they get. Buying, selling, and trading. I wish I had more financial training in school. I probably still wouldn't have paid attention. But events like this might have gotten me more excited to learn more about finances. That's what DPS is hoping it does for their students, too. It's a fun event, but it's also part of a financial curriculum that is helping DPS get ready for a new state law. Starting in 2027, House Bill 25-1192 will require all Colorado students to have exposure to financial literacy courses in order to graduate. DPS was kind of a little bit ahead of the curve. Jason Klimczak, a personal finance teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School, says students are getting excited to learn the basics of personal finance. The kids, for the most part, are saying, like, you know what, this is actually, like, really useful. And it's something that we really like actually having as a class. And whether it's in-class exposure or a fun field trip. We want to sell these, too, because so many people are going to be buying them. I would say it's really good that they're including that in the coursework, but yeah, we're a little ahead of the curve. In Denver. We want to sell 400 trades. Cullen Riley for Denver 7. It actually looks so exciting. It does.

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