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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including in the public high school curriculum |
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instruction in methods of paying for postsecondary education and |
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training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.0021, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read |
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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, |
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including instruction in methods of paying for college and other |
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postsecondary education and training, in one or more courses |
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required for high school graduation. |
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(b) Each school district and each open-enrollment charter |
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school that offers a high school program shall provide to a student |
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instruction in personal financial literacy in any course meeting |
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the requirements for an economics credit under Section 28.025, |
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using materials approved by the State Board of Education. The |
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instruction in personal financial literacy must include |
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instruction on completing the application for federal student aid |
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provided by the United States Department of Education. In |
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fulfilling the requirement to provide financial literacy |
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instruction under this section, a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school may use an existing state, federal, |
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private, or nonprofit program that provides students without charge |
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the instruction described under this section. |
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(c) The State Board of Education shall, not later than |
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January 31, 2012, identify the essential knowledge and skills of |
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personal financial literacy instruction to include instruction in |
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methods of paying for college and other postsecondary education and |
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training and shall, not later than August 31, 2012, approve under |
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Subsection (b) materials that provide for such instruction. |
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Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, each school district and |
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each open-enrollment charter school that offers a high school |
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program shall include, in required instruction in personal |
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financial literacy, instruction in methods of paying for college |
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and other postsecondary education and training and use materials |
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approved for that purpose under Subsection (b). This subsection |
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expires September 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.0021(c), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to a student entering grade nine on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |