Tex. Education Code § 51.305
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.305, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.305. PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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