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Tex. Educ. Code § 51.305

PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 230 (H.B. 399), Sec. 1, eff

(a) In this section:

(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) The coordinating board by rule shall:

(1) require a general academic teaching institution to offer training in personal financial literacy to provide students of the institution with the knowledge and skills necessary as self-supporting adults to make critical decisions relating to personal financial matters; and

(2) determine the topics to be covered by the training, which may include budgeting, credit cards, spending, saving, loan repayment and consolidation, taxes, retirement planning, insurance, and financing of health care and other benefits.

(c) The coordinating board by rule may provide for the training required under this section to be offered in an online course.

(d) Expired.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.