By: Shapleigh  S.B. No. 197
         (In the Senate - Filed November 10, 2008; February 10, 2009,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
  March 25, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; March 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the expansion of the financial literacy pilot program
  in public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.915, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  The agency shall develop an application and selection
  process for selecting school districts to participate in the
  program. The agency may select not more than 100 [25] school
  districts to participate in the program.
         (f)  Not later than January 1, 2011, the agency shall provide
  each member of the legislature with a report relating to the
  implementation and effectiveness of the program. This subsection
  expires February 1, 2011.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
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