tx-July242026-28: 19 TAC §113.26 (New) — Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
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The State Board of Education (SBOE) proposes new §113.26, concerning personal financial literacy. The proposed new section would update the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for the high school personal financial literacy course to ensure alignment with requirements in House Bill (HB) 27, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, and ensure the standards remain current. BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: In accordance with statutory requirements that the SBOE identify by rule the essential knowledge and skills of each subject in the required curriculum, the SBOE follows a board-approved cycle to review and revise the essential knowledge and skills for each subject. In 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature passed HB 2662, amending Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.0021, to require school districts and open enrollment charter schools offering a high school program to provide a one-half credit elective course in personal financial literacy. In January 2016, the SBOE adopted TEKS for the elective course in personal financial literacy to be implemented beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. In 2021, Senate Bill (SB) 1063, 87th Texas Legislature, Regular Session,...
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