In my area (Fairfax County, VA), home ec class in the 90s was cooking and sewing. The "economics" part disappeared from the curriculum sometime before I entered high school.

Also, many college-bound students weren't allowed to take the class. It was a known waste of time - counselors actively pushed students towards more useful courses. In my case, that was a year of Latin as a senior (on top of 4 years of French).

An real home economics class - with personal finance as a primary focus - would be very useful, IMO. I'm sure we covered interest rates somewhere in high school math, but it was purely academic - not taught in terms of useful life skill.