Bill Text: TX HB1224 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for students in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1224-Introduced.html
By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 1224 |
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relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for | ||
students 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 28.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0025. SUCCESS SEQUENCE. (a) In this section, | ||
"Success Sequence" means the following series of evidence-based | ||
sequential milestones shown to help young adults achieve economic | ||
prosperity: | ||
(1) obtaining at least a high school degree and | ||
acquiring additional training in preparation for entering the | ||
workforce; | ||
(2) securing full-time employment; and | ||
(3) marrying before having any children. | ||
(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall require that | ||
all students receive instruction in the Success Sequence at least | ||
twice prior to graduation beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. | ||
Instruction in the Success Sequence must be provided to students | ||
during grade 6 and grade 10. | ||
(c) The State Board of Education shall develop curriculum to | ||
be adopted by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools | ||
that provides grade-level appropriate instruction describing the | ||
positive personal and societal outcomes associated with the Success | ||
Sequence. The curriculum must incorporate evidence drawn from | ||
seminal academic studies on the Success Sequence, including: | ||
(1) "Creating an Opportunity Society" by Ron Haskins | ||
and Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution; | ||
(2) "The Millennial Success Sequence" by Wendy Wang | ||
and Brad Wilcox of the American Enterprise Institute and the | ||
Institute for Family Studies; and | ||
(3) "Assessing the Benefits of the Success Sequence | ||
for Economic Self-Sufficiency and Family Stability" by Hande Inanc, | ||
Ariella Spitzer, and Brian Gosling for the U.S. Department of | ||
Health and Human Services. | ||
(d) The State Board of Education may partner with | ||
Texas-based nonprofit organizations with an established track | ||
record of providing instruction on the Success Sequence in the | ||
development of the curriculum required by this section. | ||
(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
shall provide instruction to students in grade 6 and grade 10 in the | ||
theory and application of the Success Sequence in a manner | ||
consistent with the requirements of this section, State Board of | ||
Education rules, and the curriculum adopted under this section. | ||
The instruction may be provided as a part of required curriculum in | ||
health, economics, or personal financial literacy. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |