Delaware HB 203, Personal Finance Graduation Requirement

HB 203 requires it.
We teach it.

Delaware requires a personal finance course for every public high school student. Below is the complete alignment between The Crescara//Project curriculum and Delaware's personal finance education standards.

The Law

What HB 203 actually requires.

Delaware signed HB 203 in October 2025, becoming the 30th state to require a personal finance course as a condition of high school graduation. The requirement takes effect for the graduating class of 2026 to 2027, giving districts a short runway to identify curriculum that meets the law.

Delaware schools need a curriculum that is ready to deploy, comprehensive, and requires no prior financial background from teachers. The Crescara//Project is built for exactly that scenario: fully developed, teacher-ready, and covering every topic Delaware's law requires.

2025
Year Delaware signed HB 203, becoming the 30th state to require personal finance for graduation
2026
School year the requirement takes effect, starting with the graduating class of 2026 to 2027
10 Required Content Areas
Every content area in this state's personal finance standards is covered across Units 1, 2, and 3 of The Crescara//Project.
Full Curriculum Alignment

Every required topic. Covered.

HB 203 Required Topic
Crescara//Project Coverage
Unit
Income and Employment
Ch. 2 Paycheck and Benefits, Ch. 10 Career and Resumes, Ch. 11 Negotiating
Units 1 and 2
Taxes
Ch. 13 Taxes, what a paycheck actually takes, why, and how to file
Unit 2
Budgeting and Money Management
Ch. 3 Budgeting, Ch. 4 Know Where Your Money Is, Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money
Unit 1
Saving and Building Wealth
Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money, Ch. 6 Banks and Accounts, Ch. 23 High Yield Savings, CDs, and Treasuries
Units 1 and 3
Credit and Debt
Ch. 12 Credit Scores, Ch. 14 Interest Rates, Ch. 16 Credit Cards, Ch. 17 Student Loans
Unit 2
Banking and Financial Services
Ch. 6 Types of Banks, Credit Unions, and Accounts, Ch. 26 Platform Simulations
Units 1 and 3
Insurance and Risk Management
Ch. 18 Healthcare and Disability, Ch. 24 Life Insurance, plus the Consequence Engine insurance scenarios
Units 2 and 3
Investing
Ch. 19 Investment Overview, Ch. 20 Stocks and Bonds, Ch. 21 Funds, Ch. 22 Costs of Investing, Ch. 26 Brokerage Platforms
Unit 3
Consumer Rights and Responsibility
Ch. 15 reading fine print, borrower rights, total cost of borrowing, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money
Unit 2
Financial Goal Setting
Ch. 8 Setting Goals, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money, Ch. 9 How to Build Wealth, Ch. 27 Capstone
Units 1 and 3
Beyond Compliance

Meeting the mandate is the floor. We teach past it.

HB 203 sets the minimum. A checklist of topics is not a curriculum. The Crescara//Project sequences Delaware's required content areas in the order students will actually encounter them in life, connects them to each other, and builds habits through repetition, not review sheets.

You can't teach investing without first teaching budgeting. You can't teach credit without first teaching income. The sequence is the curriculum.

Personalized by geography
Content adapts to each student's real financial context. A student in rural Delaware and a student in a major city are not facing the same realities.
Habits built in, not bolted on
Budgeting, saving, reading fine print, reinforced across all three units through the Consequence Engine, not addressed once in a single chapter.
Zero prior knowledge assumed
Every concept is introduced from scratch. Teachers do not need a financial background. Students do not need one either.
Ready to meet the mandate?

The curriculum is ready now.

Delaware schools that connect now will be ahead of the requirement. Reach out at info@crescaraproject.org.

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