Texas Education Code
§ 51.305 — PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING
ED § 51.305Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION · Art. F. REQUIRED AND ELECTIVE COURSES
Statute text
View on source(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.
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1221 (S.B. 1590), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.