Well as I said above this is the mandate in one state, but it happens to be Ustwo's state:
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/soci...mandates_2.htm
Quote:
05 ILCS 5/27-12.1. Consumer education
Sec. 27-12.1. Consumer education.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, pupils in the public schools in grades 9 through 12 shall be taught and be required to study courses which include instruction in the area of consumer education, including but not necessarily limited to installment purchasing, budgeting, comparison of prices and an understanding of the roles of consumers interacting with agriculture, business, labor unions and government in formulating and achieving the goals of the mixed free enterprise system. The State Board of Education shall devise or approve the consumer education curriculum for grades 9 through 12 and specify the minimum amount of instruction to be devoted thereto.
(b) Prior to the commencement of the 1986-1987 school year and prior to the commencement of each school year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall devise, develop and furnish to each school district within the State a uniform Annual Consumer Education Proficiency Test to be administered by each school district to those pupils of the district in grades 9 through 12 who elect to take the same, provided that no pupil shall be permitted to take the test more than once in any school year. Each year the State Board of Education shall by rule prescribe the date or dates during the school year on which school districts shall administer the test devised and developed for that school year, together with the uniform standards which all districts shall apply in scoring that test. The test shall be devised and developed by the State Board of Education each year in a standardized manner to allow any pupil who takes the same and who achieves a score thereon which is not less than the minimum score established by the State Board of Education for the test so taken to thereby demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the area of consumer education as shall excuse such pupil from the necessity of receiving, as a prerequisite to graduation from high school and receipt of a high school diploma, the minimum amount of instruction in a consumer education curriculum otherwise required by subsection (a) and the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this subsection, "proficiency" is defined to mean that a pupil is competent in and has a well advanced knowledge of consumer education so that study of the course of instruction required by this Section would not be substantially educationally beneficial as determined by the State Board of Education when developing the uniform standards and minimum score requirements of this Section.
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So you might have just taken the proficiency test Secret Method, but you did go through this/demonstrate your knowledge.
I suppose this wouldn't satisfy Ustwo though since high school teachers don't tend to be "rich." I'm sure though that he'd be the first person to demand a tax raise so his community's adolescents can get a proper education from a wealthy person.