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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for a personal financial literacy |
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component in the public high school curriculum. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.0021(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The [Texas] essential knowledge and skills and Section |
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28.025 shall require instruction in personal financial literacy in |
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all secondary-level mathematics [one or more] courses required for |
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high school graduation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-7) to read as follows: |
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(c-7) An end-of-course assessment instrument for Algebra I, |
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Algebra II, or geometry must include a personal financial literacy |
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component. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt |
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rules relating to instruction of personal financial literacy in all |
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secondary-level mathematics courses in accordance with Section |
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28.0021, Education Code, as amended by this Act, not later than |
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September 1, 2011. |
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(b) An end-of-course examination in Algebra I, Algebra II, |
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and geometry must include a personal financial literacy component |
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as required by Section 39.023(c-7), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |