81R2735 PAM-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 325
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing training in personal financial literacy
instruction for public school teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.051(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Each regional education service center shall maintain
core services for purchase by school districts and campuses. The
core services are:
(1) training and assistance in:
(A) teaching each subject area assessed under
Section 39.023; and
(B) providing instruction in personal financial
literacy as required under Section 28.0021;
(2) training and assistance in providing each program
that qualifies for a funding allotment under Section 42.151,
42.152, 42.153, or 42.156;
(3) assistance specifically designed for a school
district rated academically unacceptable under Section 39.072(a)
or a campus whose performance is considered unacceptable based on
the indicators adopted under Section 39.051;
(4) training and assistance to teachers,
administrators, members of district boards of trustees, and members
of site-based decision-making committees;
(5) assistance specifically designed for a school
district that is considered out of compliance with state or federal
special education requirements, based on the agency's most recent
compliance review of the district's special education programs; and
(6) assistance in complying with state laws and rules.
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9021 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9021. TEACHER TRAINING IN PERSONAL FINANCIAL
LITERACY. The governing board of each institution of higher
education with an educator preparation program accredited by the
State Board for Educator Certification shall, to the extent
practicable, offer to school districts and public school campuses
seminars or conferences to train and assist teachers in providing
instruction in personal financial literacy as required under
Section 28.0021. The governing board of the institution that
provides the seminar or conference shall charge the district an
amount equal to the cost to the institution of providing the seminar
or conference.
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, 2009.