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​Endorsed by the National Association of State Treasurers
In cooperation with Wells Fargo, BBVA, Alabama State Department of Education, Council for Economic Education, and the University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences Department of Consumer Sciences

Welcome to the Alabama Personal Finance Challenge! Give your students a chance to demonstrate their knowledge of personal finance in a fun and rewarding way!
Competitions for Grades 6-8 and Grades 9-12
Grades 6-8:   State Champion determined by online test.
Grades 9-12: State Champion determined by online test.
  • January 26, 2022 Teacher Registration Begins Click here to register teams!
  • February 16, 2022 Online competition begins - Click here for student access to take exam! Online test window is open until April 19th - Teams login and face the Challenge! 
  • April 22, 2022 Announcement of top online middle school team.  This team is the middle school state champion. Each team member and the teacher sponsor of the State Champion receives $50.  
  • April 22, 2022 Announcement of top online high school team. Each team member and the teacher sponsor of the State Champion receives $100. 
  • May 9 thru 12, 2022 The high school State Champion represents Alabama in the national online semi-finals.
  • May 16 thru May 22, 2022 First Round of Finals - Virtual Critical Thinking Round
  • June 4 thru June 6, 2022 In-Person Finals
Receive $20 if you have  5 teams that participate in the Personal Finance Challenge
Click to Register Teams
Click for student access to take exam
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How the Challenge Works
  • Teachers – Go to https://financechallenge.unl.edu/ to register for the Alabama Personal Finance Challenge and start creating your student teams. There should be four students on each team.  No limit on number of teams per school.  There is no registration fee.
  •  Each person on a four person team individually completes a 30 question online test.  Test results are confidential
  • Students - Study hard! The Alabama Personal Finance Challenge will test your knowledge of Earning Income, Protecting and Insuring, Spending, Credit, Saving and Investing 
For additional information contact:
Wanda McAbee, Executive Program Director
Alabama Council on Economic Education

Office: 205.726.4073

To email Wanda McAbee