State Info: California

CCEE's National Economics Challenge Timeline

 

Your team's journey to the National Championship starts by clicking here for registration.

• FALL 2024 Session October 7-18 
• Spring 2025 Session March 3-14

• Registration Opens: September 1st Teachers can sign up for the competition and register their teams of students.

• October 7-14 (FALL) and March (3-14) : Let the games begin! Teams can take the online preliminary test appropriate to their division
• David Ricardo beginner 
• Adam Smith advanced 
• Middle School
• March 19, 2025 :  State Finalist teams for each division from both FALL and SPRING preliminaries are announced on CCEE website and notified by email by 6pm
• April 1, 2025 - Northern CA State Final  The top scoring teams for the David Ricardo division and the Adam Smith division that are in northern CA will compete. This competition is expected to be held at the CSU East Bay Oakland Center.  Please sign this fill if you will be attending in person state finals.  Good Faith Competition Contract
• April 8, 2025 - Southern CA State Final  The top scoring teams for the David Ricardo division and the Adam Smith division that are in southern CA will compete. This competition is expected to be held at the Los Angeles branch location of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.  Please sign this fill if you will be attending in person state finals.  Good Faith Competition Contract
• CEE announces teams advancing to National Semi-Finals 
• National Semi-finals Each team who advances from state competition completes a online proctored exam to be held on April 21-24, 2025.
• CEE announces team advancing to finals May 2025
• May 28-30, 2025: National Finals Top teams from the National semifinals will compete in person finals hosted by the national Council for Economic Education in Atlanta, Georgia.