SB 1191
GPA Standardization
• Requires the Commissioner, as soon as practicable, to develop a standard method for calculating grade point averages and requires the average to include equal weights for AP, IB, dual credit, and OnRamps courses
• Excludes dual credit courses included in the Workforce Education Course Manual
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Personal Financial Literacy
• Replaces the currently required half credit economics or economics / personal financial literacy course with a halfcredit personal financial literacy course
• Makes economics an option to satisfy the third required social studies credit
• Requires the SBOE to designate an AP courses that can satisfy the personal financial literacy course requirement
• Makes the change effective for students entering ninth grade in the 2025-26 school year
Effective for the 2026-27 School Year
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