89R9769 GP-D By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1672 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the inclusion of instruction in personal financial literacy in the required curriculum for public high school students. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-7) to read as follows: (c-7) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring students to complete at least one course while in high school that satisfies the requirements of Subsection (a)(2)(H). The course must allocate at least two-thirds of instruction time to instruction in personal financial literacy. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.