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title: "SSPFL4: Post-High School Options (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSPFL4
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSPFL4
subject: social_studies
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# SSPFL4: Post-High School Options

Evaluate alternatives for life after high school including college, technical school, internships, working, military, doing nothing (taking a “gap year”), traveling, or other options.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSPFL4.a**: Use a rational decision making model to identify the most appropriate alternative from the options in SSPFL3.
- **SSPFL4.b**: Describe opportunity cost as it relates to the options in SSPFL3.
- **SSPFL4.c**: Evaluate costs and benefits of various ways to pay for post-high school life including scholarships, employment, work-study programs, loans, grants, savings, prior investments, and other options.
- **SSPFL4.d**: Review and complete a sample Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.