Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.
relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school
students in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.025, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b-1) and (b-23) and adding Subsection (b-24)
to read as follows:
(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
successfully complete:
(1) four credits in English language arts under
Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
authorized under Subsection (b-2);
(3) three credits in science under Section
28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
(4) three credits in social studies under Section
28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
[economics or] personal financial literacy [& economics], and one
credit in economics, world geography, or world history;
(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
(6) five elective credits;
(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
28.002(a)(2)(D); and
(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
(b-23) The agency shall:
(1) develop a list of free, open-source, and publicly
available curricula that may be used by a school district to provide
a personal financial literacy [& economics] course that satisfies
the curriculum requirement under Subsection (b-1)(4); and
(2) seek, accept, and spend any federal or private
grant funds and gifts that are available for the purpose of
providing a personal financial literacy [& economics] course as
part of the foundation high school program.
(b-24) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State
Board of Education shall allow a student to comply with the
curriculum requirement under Subsection (b-1)(4) for a one-half
credit in personal financial literacy by successfully completing an
advanced placement course designated by the State Board of
Education as containing substantively similar and rigorous
academic content.
SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-22), Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade
during the 2025-2026 school year or a later school year. For
students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2025-2026
school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section
existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
