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Senate Bill 290 |
Senate Author: Watson et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
House Sponsor: Hernandez Luna |
Senate Bill 290 amends the Education Code to require the Texas essential knowledge and skills to require instruction in personal financial literacy in mathematics instruction in kindergarten through grade eight. The bill requires the commissioner of education to adopt a list of instructional material for use as part of the foundation curriculum for personal financial literacy in kindergarten through grade eight. The bill requires the State Board of Education to review and adopt mathematics textbooks that satisfy the requirements for instruction in personal financial literacy on the next scheduled review and adoption cycle for mathematics textbooks after the bill's effective date.