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Senate Bill 1590 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Branch |
Senate Bill 1590 amends the Education Code to include insurance as a possible topic to be covered by the personal financial literacy training offered by a general academic teaching institution, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and to require the curriculum and instructional materials developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in collaboration with the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and the State Securities Board for use in TEA's financial literacy pilot program for public school districts to include information about the use of insurance as a means of protecting against financial risk.