Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy consists of 180 organizations and 47 affiliated state coalitions dedicated to improving the financial literacy of youth from kindergarten through college age by providing advocacy, research, standards, and educational resources. Jump$tart strives to prepare youth for lifelong successful financial decision making.

• Suggest a range of content that students should know and be able to act on • Provide guidelines for evaluating published educational materials • Help to shape lesson plans, unit and course outlines, learning activities, textbooks, and other instructional materials • Increase awareness of the need for personal finance in the nation’s schools

National Standards for Personal Financial Literacy