| (1) | The state board shall establish rigorous core standards for Utah public schools and graduation requirements under Section 53E-3-501 for grades 9 through 12 that:
| (a) | are consistent with state law and federal regulations; |
| (b) | use competency-based standards and assessments; |
| (c) | include instruction that stresses general financial literacy from basic budgeting to financial investments, including bankruptcy education and a general financial literacy test-out option; |
| (d) | include graduation requirements in language arts, mathematics, and science that exceed:
| (i) | 3.0 units in language arts including up to 0.5 units emphasizing verbal communication completed in a course or a school sponsored activity; |
| (ii) | 2.0 units in mathematics; and |
| (iii) | and 2.0 units in science; |
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| (e) | include a graduation requirement in social studies that is equal to or exceeds 3.5 units, including:
| (i) | at least 1.0 unit in American constitutional government and citizenship as described in Section 53E-4-205.2, consisting of two distinct semester courses that may not be duplicated to satisfy the requirement; and |
| (ii) | at least 1.0 unit in United States history, consisting of two distinct semester courses that may not be duplicated to satisfy the requirement; and |
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| (f) | ensure up to 0.5 units of the 1.0 unit in American constitutional government and citizenship described in Subsection (1)(e)(i) may be earned by:
| (i) | completing a course or a school sponsored activity emphasizing verbal communication provided that a significant portion of the course or activity is dedicated to civic education, including:
| (B) | governmental systems; and |
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| (ii) | participation in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps described in 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2031. |
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