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Personal Finance

Financial Responsibility

2: Describe personal spending behavior that contributes to building wealth.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with College Expenses
b: Practices that assist individuals and families to achieve and maintain financial security. Examples: determining needs and wants, creating a budget, setting goals, keeping records, developing a personal financial plan, saving, investing

3: Explain how goals, decision‑making, and planning affect personal financial choices and behaviors.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with College Expenses
a: Create a plan to reach a specific financial goal.
c: Explain the advantages of designing and following a personal financial plan.

Consumer Decisions and Behavior

10: Apply a decision‑making model to maximize consumer satisfaction when buying goods and services.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with College Expenses
a: Categorize possible purchases of goods and services as wants or needs, explaining the reasoning for each decision.

11: Demonstrate how to use comparison shopping skills to make purchasing decisions, including major purchases.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with College Expenses
d: Research the projected costs for all expenses associated with major purchases, including maintenance costs. Examples: wedding, college, home, car

Money Management

16: Prepare a monthly budget for an individual or a family given their income, savings goals, taxes, and list of fixed and variable expenses.

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Defined by Alabama Course of Study: Finance 9th-12th Grades and align with College Expenses
c: Analyze how changes in life circumstances can affect a personal spending plan. Examples: job change, having a child, major illness, theft of property, automobile accident