Check your state education code for details.

The Stock Market Companion – Stock Investing Course requires approximately 102 hours of study and work.  Our flexible, Week By Week Lesson Plan in your Teacher’s Guide is the roadmap for your student and covers 18 weeks.  There are no time limits on the course.  If your student needs to take a break from the course material due to other scheduling conflicts, your student can continue the course the next semester or whenever time allows.

According to the California Department of Education, the California Education Code (EC) 51225.3 has specified a minimum set of courses to meet state requirements to graduate from high school and receive a diploma. The governing boards of local education agencies (LEAs) have the authority to supplement the state minimum requirements at the local level.

EC 51225.3 states that all pupils receiving a diploma of graduation from a California high school must have completed all of the following courses, while in grades nine to twelve, inclusive:

• Unless otherwise specified, each course shall have a duration of one school year:
  • Three courses in English
  • Two courses in mathematics, including one year of Algebra I (EC Section 51224.5)
  • Two courses in science, including biological and physical sciences

  • Three courses in social studies, including United States history and geography; world history, culture, and geography; a one-semester course in American government and civics, and a one-semester course in economics

  • One course in visual or performing arts,  foreign language, or commencing with the 2012-13 school year, career technical education. For the purpose of satisfying the minimum course requirement, a course in American Sign Language shall be deemed a course in foreign language
  • Two courses in physical education, unless the pupil has been exempted pursuant to the provisions of EC Section 51241
• Other coursework adopted by the local governing board of the LEA