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Amend HCR 15 by striking the Resolving clauses that begin on
page 3, line 25, and continue through page 4, line 5, and inserting
the following:
RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby directs the State Board of Education to implement the
inclusion of elements relating to personal finance among the
essential knowledge and skills in the required public school
curriculum, and to adopt and promote a personal finance education
program that provides public school districts with textbook
selections to assist in the program's implementation; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Texas Education Agency and the State Board
of Education, in cooperation with school administrators, teachers,
parents, business leaders, and concerned citizens, immediately
begin:
(1) exploring ways to teach in a meaningful way a
financial literacy program that includes such topics as budgeting,
consumer economics, insurance, investing principles, managing
credit, monetary policy, financial planning, retirement savings,
consumer loans, and mortgages; and
(2) reviewing existing financial literacy programs
and materials that are available, with the aim of formalizing a
personal money management course; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education submit a full
report concerning the inclusion of elements relating to personal
finance among the essential knowledge and skills in the required
public school curriculum to the Texas Legislature no later than
September 30, 2004; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
copy of this resolution to the chair of the State Board of Education
and the commissioner of education of the Texas Education Agency.