Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1182 Compare Versions

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	1	+	86R16108 MEW-D
1	2		By: Goodwin, Talarico, Beckley, Capriglione, H.B. No. 1182
2	3		et al.
	4	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1182:
	5	+	By: AllenC.S.H.B. No. 1182C.S.H.B. No. C.S.H.B. No. 1182
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5	8		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	9		AN ACT
7	10		relating to personal financial literacy courses for high school
8	11		students in public schools.
9	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10		-	SECTION 1. Section 28.0021, Education Code, is amended by
11		-	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
12		-	follows:
	13	+	SECTION 1. Section 28.0021(b), Education Code, is amended
	14	+	to read as follows:
13	15		(b) Each school district and each open-enrollment charter
14	16		school that offers a high school program shall provide a [an
15	17		elective] course in personal financial literacy that meets the
16	18		requirements for [a one-half elective] credit under Section 28.025,
17	19		using materials approved by the State Board of Education. The
18		-	course may be offered as a distinct course in personal financial
19		-	literacy or as an elective course or existing course that includes
20		-	instruction in personal financial literacy sufficient to meet the
21		-	requirements for one-half credit under Section 28.025(b-1)(9). The
22	20		instruction in personal financial literacy must include
23		-	instruction on:
24		-	(1) completing the application for federal student aid
25		-	provided by the United States Department of Education;
26		-	(2) the financial consequences of failing to make
27		-	timely student loan payments;
28		-	(3) the effect of student loan debt on a person's
29		-	finances; and
30		-	(4) the circumstances in which student loans are
31		-	dischargeable in bankruptcy.
32		-	(c) In fulfilling the requirement to provide financial
33		-	literacy instruction under this section, a school district or
	21	+	instruction on completing the application for federal student aid
	22	+	provided by the United States Department of Education. In
	23	+	fulfilling the requirement to provide financial literacy
	24	+	instruction under this section, a school district or
34	25		open-enrollment charter school may use an existing state, federal,
35	26		private, or nonprofit program that provides students without charge
36	27		the instruction described under this section.
37	28		SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
38	29		to read as follows:
39	30		(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
40	31		that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
41	32		program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
42	33		successfully complete:
43	34		(1) four credits in English language arts under
44	35		Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
45	36		credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
46	37		an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
47	38		(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
48	39		28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
49	40		geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
50	41		authorized under Subsection (b-2);
51	42		(3) three credits in science under Section
52	43		28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
53	44		advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
54	45		credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
55	46		advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
56	47		(4) three credits in social studies under Section
57	48		28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
58	49		least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
59	50		economics, and one credit in world geography or world history;
60	51		(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
61	52		(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
62	53		other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
63	54		(6) four and one-half [five] elective credits;
64	55		(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
65	56		28.002(a)(2)(D); [and]
66	57		(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
67	58		credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C); and
68	59		(9) at least one-half credit in personal financial
69	60		literacy under Section 28.0021.
70	61		SECTION 3. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended
71	62		by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade
72	63		during the 2019-2020 school year or a later school year. For
73	64		students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2019-2020
74	65		school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section
75	66		existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
76	67		continued in effect for that purpose.
77	68		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
78	69		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
79	70		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
80	71		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
81	72		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.