Bill Text: TX SB1063 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to courses in personal financial literacy & economics for high school students in public schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective immediately [SB1063 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1063-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to courses in personal financial literacy & economics for high school students in public schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective immediately [SB1063 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1063-Engrossed.html
By: Alvarado, et al. | S.B. No. 1063 |
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relating to courses in personal financial literacy & economics 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 Subsection (b-1) and adding Subsections (b-22) and (b-23) | ||
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 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-22) In adopting rules under Subsection (b-1), the State | ||
Board of Education shall ensure that a personal financial literacy & | ||
economics course taken to comply with the curriculum requirement | ||
under Subsection (b-1)(4) allocates: | ||
(1) two-thirds of instruction time to instruction in | ||
personal financial literacy; and | ||
(2) one-third of instruction time to instruction in | ||
economics. | ||
(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. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022-2023 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |