| 1 | 1 | | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1224 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for |
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| 9 | 9 | | students in public schools. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 28.0025 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 28.0025. SUCCESS SEQUENCE. (a) In this section, |
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| 14 | 14 | | "Success Sequence" means the following series of evidence-based |
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| 15 | 15 | | sequential milestones shown to help young adults achieve economic |
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| 16 | 16 | | prosperity: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) obtaining at least a high school degree and |
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| 18 | 18 | | acquiring additional training in preparation for entering the |
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| 19 | 19 | | workforce; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) securing full-time employment; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) marrying before having any children. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The State Board of Education by rule shall require that |
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| 23 | 23 | | all students receive instruction in the Success Sequence at least |
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| 24 | 24 | | twice prior to graduation beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Instruction in the Success Sequence must be provided to students |
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| 26 | 26 | | during grade 6 and grade 10. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall develop curriculum to |
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| 28 | 28 | | be adopted by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools |
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| 29 | 29 | | that provides grade-level appropriate instruction describing the |
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| 30 | 30 | | positive personal and societal outcomes associated with the Success |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sequence. The curriculum must incorporate evidence drawn from |
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| 32 | 32 | | seminal academic studies on the Success Sequence, including: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) "Creating an Opportunity Society" by Ron Haskins |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) "The Millennial Success Sequence" by Wendy Wang |
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| 36 | 36 | | and Brad Wilcox of the American Enterprise Institute and the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Institute for Family Studies; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) "Assessing the Benefits of the Success Sequence |
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| 39 | 39 | | for Economic Self-Sufficiency and Family Stability" by Hande Inanc, |
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| 40 | 40 | | Ariella Spitzer, and Brian Gosling for the U.S. Department of |
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| 41 | 41 | | Health and Human Services. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (d) The State Board of Education may partner with |
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| 43 | 43 | | Texas-based nonprofit organizations with an established track |
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| 44 | 44 | | record of providing instruction on the Success Sequence in the |
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| 45 | 45 | | development of the curriculum required by this section. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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| 47 | 47 | | shall provide instruction to students in grade 6 and grade 10 in the |
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| 48 | 48 | | theory and application of the Success Sequence in a manner |
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| 49 | 49 | | consistent with the requirements of this section, State Board of |
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| 50 | 50 | | Education rules, and the curriculum adopted under this section. |
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| 51 | 51 | | The instruction may be provided as a part of required curriculum in |
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| 52 | 52 | | health, economics, or personal financial literacy. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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