Wisconsin Personal Finance Standards & Graduation Requirements
Wisconsin requires a half credit of personal financial literacy to graduate, beginning with the class of 2028.
Wisconsin at a glance
- Requirement
- Standalone course required
- Legislation or authority
- 2023 Wisconsin Act 60
- Passed
- Signed December 2023
- Takes effect
- Applies to students entering grade 9 in 2024-25
- First graduating class affected
- Class of 2028
- Course length
- One-half (0.5) credit personal financial literacy
- State standards
- Wisconsin Standards for Personal Financial Literacy (DPI)
What Wisconsin requires
2023 Wisconsin Act 60 requires a half credit of personal financial literacy for graduation, applying to students who entered grade 9 in 2024-25 — the class of 2028 and beyond.
DPI provides the Wisconsin Standards for Personal Financial Literacy and implementation guidance.
Last reviewed against official sources on 2026-07-15.
How Rapunzl maps to Wisconsin standards
Rapunzl's curriculum is built on the Council for Economic Education's six pillars. Here is how they line up with the Wisconsin framework.
| Wisconsin strand | CEE pillar | Rapunzl modules |
|---|---|---|
| Financial mindset & decision-making | Financial Decision-Making | Financial StatisticsTop Investor Strategies |
| Earning income & careers | Earning Income | Taxes & IncomeCareers In Finance |
| Spending & saving (budgeting) | Spending | The Basics Of BankingBuying Your First HomePaying For College |
| Credit & debt | Managing Credit | The Power & Risks Of CreditHow To Make Loans Work For You |
| Investing & saving for the future | Investing | Welcome To The Stock MarketWhat Makes A Good Stock?ETFs & Mutual Funds |
| Risk management, insurance & financial psychology | Managing Risk | Diversification & RiskInsurance & Retirement |
Educators can request a full Wisconsin standards crosswalk through the Educator Dashboard.
Why Wisconsin schools choose Rapunzl
Rapunzl pairs a standards-aligned curriculum with a real-time investment simulator, so students learn personal finance by making real decisions with simulated $10,000 portfolios priced on live market data — not by reading about it. The curriculum scales from a three-week unit to a 28-week year-long course, which means it fits whichever shape Wisconsin's requirement takes in your district.
- 100,000+students have completed Rapunzl's curriculum
- 93%average financial literacy scores on national test over past 5 years, 24% above average
- 31interactive modules that can be customized into a course progression for your classroom
- 20+hours of gameplay in 2 interactive mini-games alongside our investment simulator and financial calculators
Teachers get an educator dashboard with grade export and standards crosswalks, English and Spanish materials, screen-reader accessibility, and a free national scholarship competition their students can enter each January.
Wisconsin personal finance requirement FAQ
Wisconsin requires a half credit of personal financial literacy to graduate, beginning with the class of 2028.
The requirement is set by 2023 Wisconsin Act 60.
Takes effect: Applies to students entering grade 9 in 2024-25.
One-half (0.5) credit personal financial literacy.
Wisconsin's requirement is a standalone course requirement.
In practice that means a dedicated class of its own, taken for credit, rather than a few personal finance lessons folded into another subject.
The Class of 2028 is the first graduating class that has to meet it, so earlier classes are not held to the requirement.
Timeline: Applies to students entering grade 9 in 2024-25.
If you are planning a course now, that timeline is the window to have curriculum in place before Wisconsin starts holding students to it.
Wisconsin Standards for Personal Financial Literacy (DPI).
Rapunzl's curriculum is built on the Council for Economic Education's six pillars: Earning Income, Spending, Saving, Investing, Managing Credit, and Managing Risk. Those pillars map to every strand in the framework, which is why the same course can satisfy standards that are worded differently from one state to the next.
Yes. Rapunzl's modules and real-time investing simulator cover the CEE six pillars, and those pillars crosswalk to the Wisconsin strands listed on this page.
Students learn by making real decisions with a simulated $10,000 portfolio priced on live market data, and teachers get an educator dashboard with grade export, materials in English and Spanish, and screen-reader accessibility.
Request a demo and we'll send the Wisconsin standards crosswalk along with classroom access.
Bring Rapunzl to your Wisconsin classroom
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