Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3575 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	87R9344 MLH-D
2	2	By: Guerra H.B. No. 3575
3	3
4	4
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to personal financial literacy and career skills courses
8	8	for high school students in public schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 8.051(d), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(d) Each regional education service center shall maintain
13	13	core services for purchase by school districts and campuses. The
14	14	core services are:
15	15	(1) training and assistance in:
16	16	(A) teaching each subject area assessed under
17	17	Section 39.023; and
18	18	(B) providing instruction in personal financial
19	19	literacy and career skills as required under Section 28.0021;
20	20	(2) training and assistance in providing a gifted and
21	21	talented program and each program that qualifies for a funding
22	22	allotment under Section 48.102, 48.104, or 48.105;
23	23	(3) assistance specifically designed for a school
24	24	district or campus assigned an unacceptable performance rating
25	25	under Section 39.054;
26	26	(4) training and assistance to teachers,
27	27	administrators, members of district boards of trustees, and members
28	28	of site-based decision-making committees;
29	29	(5) assistance specifically designed for a school
30	30	district that is considered out of compliance with state or federal
31	31	special education requirements, based on the agency's most recent
32	32	compliance review of the district's special education programs; and
33	33	(6) assistance in complying with state laws and rules.
34	34	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 28.0021, Education Code,
35	35	is amended to read as follows:
36	36	Sec. 28.0021. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY AND CAREER
37	37	SKILLS.
38	38	SECTION 3. Section 28.0021, Education Code, is amended by
39	39	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
40	40	follows:
41	41	(b) Each school district and each open-enrollment charter
42	42	school that offers a high school program shall provide a [an
43	43	elective] course in personal financial literacy and career skills
44	44	that meets the requirements for [a one-half elective] credit under
45	45	Section 28.025, using materials approved by the State Board of
46	46	Education. The course may be offered as a distinct course in
47	47	personal financial literacy and career skills or as an elective
48	48	course or existing course that includes instruction in personal
49	49	financial literacy and career skills sufficient to meet the
50	50	requirements for one-half credit under Section 28.025(b-1)(9). The
51	51	instruction in personal financial literacy and career skills must
52	52	include instruction on:
53	53	(1) completing the application for federal student aid
54	54	provided by the United States Department of Education;
55	55	(2) the financial consequences of failing to make
56	56	timely student loan payments;
57	57	(3) the effect of student loan debt on a person's
58	58	finances;
59	59	(4) the circumstances in which student loans are
60	60	dischargeable in bankruptcy;
61	61	(5) completing and filing an income tax return;
62	62	(6) managing a credit score;
63	63	(7) managing and paying down a mortgage;
64	64	(8) creating a resume; and
65	65	(9) preparing for a job interview.
66	66	(c) In fulfilling the requirement to provide financial
67	67	literacy and career skills instruction under this section, a school
68	68	district or open-enrollment charter school may use an existing
69	69	state, federal, private, or nonprofit program that provides
70	70	students without charge the instruction described under this
71	71	section.
72	72	SECTION 4. Section 28.0024(a), Education Code, is amended
73	73	to read as follows:
74	74	(a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
75	75	establish a school-based savings program to facilitate increased
76	76	awareness of the importance of saving for higher education and
77	77	facilitate personal financial literacy and career skills
78	78	instruction. A district or school may offer the program in
79	79	conjunction with a personal financial literacy and career skills
80	80	course under Section 28.0021.
81	81	SECTION 5. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
82	82	to read as follows:
83	83	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
84	84	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
85	85	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
86	86	successfully complete:
87	87	(1) four credits in English language arts under
88	88	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
89	89	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
90	90	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
91	91	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
92	92	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
93	93	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
94	94	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
95	95	(3) three credits in science under Section
96	96	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
97	97	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
98	98	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
99	99	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
100	100	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
101	101	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
102	102	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
103	103	economics, and one credit in world geography or world history;
104	104	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
105	105	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
106	106	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
107	107	(6) four and one-half [five] elective credits;
108	108	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
109	109	28.002(a)(2)(D); [and]
110	110	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
111	111	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C); and
112	112	(9) at least one-half credit in personal financial
113	113	literacy and career skills under Section 28.0021.
114	114	SECTION 6. Section 29.917(a), Education Code, is amended to
115	115	read as follows:
116	116	(a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the
117	117	commissioner may award grants to organizations that provide
118	118	volunteers to teach classroom or after-school programs to enhance:
119	119	(1) college readiness;
120	120	(2) workforce readiness;
121	121	(3) dropout prevention; or
122	122	(4) personal financial literacy and career skills.
123	123	SECTION 7. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended
124	124	by this Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade
125	125	during the 2021-2022 school year or a later school year. For
126	126	students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2021-2022
127	127	school year, Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section
128	128	existed before amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is
129	129	continued in effect for that purpose.
130	130	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
131	131	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
132	132	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
133	133	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
134	134	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.