Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R7722 GP-F
2	2	By: King H.B. No. 2451
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to courses in personal financial literacy and economics
10	10	for high school students in public schools.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 28.002(a), Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
15	15	grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
16	16	(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
17	17	(A) English language arts;
18	18	(B) mathematics;
19	19	(C) science; and
20	20	(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
21	21	States, and world history, government, personal financial
22	22	literacy, economics, with emphasis on the free enterprise system
23	23	and its benefits, and geography; and
24	24	(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
25	25	(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
26	26	English;
27	27	(B) health, with emphasis on:
28	28	(i) physical health, including the
29	29	importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
30	30	(ii) mental health, including instruction
31	31	about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
32	32	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
33	33	responsible decision-making; and
34	34	(iii) suicide prevention, including
35	35	recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
36	36	(C) physical education;
37	37	(D) fine arts;
38	38	(E) career and technology education;
39	39	(F) technology applications; and
40	40	(G) religious literature, including the Hebrew
41	41	Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
42	42	history and literature [; and
43	43	[(H) personal financial literacy].
44	44	SECTION 2. Section 28.0021(b), Education Code, is amended
45	45	to read as follows:
46	46	(b) Each school district and each open-enrollment charter
47	47	school that offers a high school program shall provide a [an
48	48	elective] course in personal financial literacy that meets the
49	49	requirements for a one-half social studies [elective] credit under
50	50	Section 28.025, using materials approved by the State Board of
51	51	Education. The instruction in personal financial literacy must
52	52	include instruction on completing the application for federal
53	53	student aid provided by the United States Department of Education.
54	54	In fulfilling the requirement to provide financial literacy
55	55	instruction under this section, a school district or
56	56	open-enrollment charter school may use an existing state, federal,
57	57	private, or nonprofit program that provides students without charge
58	58	the instruction described under this section.
59	59	SECTION 3. Sections 28.025(b-1) and (b-23), Education Code,
60	60	are amended to read as follows:
61	61	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
62	62	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
63	63	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
64	64	successfully complete:
65	65	(1) four credits in English language arts under
66	66	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
67	67	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
68	68	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
69	69	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
70	70	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
71	71	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
72	72	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
73	73	(3) three credits in science under Section
74	74	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
75	75	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
76	76	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
77	77	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
78	78	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
79	79	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
80	80	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
81	81	[economics or] personal financial literacy [& economics], and one
82	82	credit in economics, world geography, or world history;
83	83	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
84	84	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
85	85	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
86	86	(6) five elective credits;
87	87	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
88	88	28.002(a)(2)(D); and
89	89	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
90	90	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C).
91	91	(b-23) The agency shall:
92	92	(1) develop a list of free, open-source, and publicly
93	93	available curricula that may be used by a school district to provide
94	94	a personal financial literacy [& economics] course that satisfies
95	95	the curriculum requirement under Subsection (b-1)(4); and
96	96	(2) seek, accept, and spend any federal or private
97	97	grant funds and gifts that are available for the purpose of
98	98	providing a personal financial literacy [& economics] course as
99	99	part of the foundation high school program.
100	100	SECTION 4. Section 28.025(b-22), Education Code, is
101	101	repealed.
102	102	SECTION 5. Sections 28.0021(b) and 28.025(b-1), Education
103	103	Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to students entering the
104	104	ninth grade during the 2025-2026 school year or a later school year.
105	105	For students entering a grade above ninth grade during the
106	106	2025-2026 school year, Sections 28.0021(b) and 28.025(b-1),
107	107	Education Code, as those sections existed before amendment by this
108	108	Act, apply, and those sections are continued in effect for that
109	109	purpose.
110	110	SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
111	111	school year.
112	112	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
113	113	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
114	114	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
115	115	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
116	116	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.