78R3862 SLO-D

By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 1004



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a list of free resources for the instruction of personal 
finance and consumer education in public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 28.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 28.008.  RESOURCES FOR INSTRUCTION OF PERSONAL FINANCE 
AND CONSUMER EDUCATION.  (a)  The agency shall annually compile for 
distribution to school districts a list of free resources available 
to public schools that relate to the instruction of personal 
finance and consumer education.
	(b)  The agency shall provide the list to the superintendent 
of each school district not later than July 1 of each year.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2004-2005 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.