82R3613 CAE-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 1304
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for a personal financial literacy
component in the public high school curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.0021(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The [Texas] essential knowledge and skills and Section
28.025 shall require instruction in personal financial literacy in
all secondary-level mathematics [one or more] courses required for
high school graduation.
SECTION 2. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-7) to read as follows:
(c-7) An end-of-course assessment instrument for Algebra I,
Algebra II, or geometry must include a personal financial literacy
component.
SECTION 3. (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt
rules relating to instruction of personal financial literacy in all
secondary-level mathematics courses in accordance with Section
28.0021, Education Code, as amended by this Act, not later than
September 1, 2011.
(b) An end-of-course examination in Algebra I, Algebra II,
and geometry must include a personal financial literacy component
as required by Section 39.023(c-7), Education Code, as added by
this Act, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2011.