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State board staff begin implementing House Bill 27; will post PFL options and economics expansion for November

5886674 · September 8, 2025
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Summary

The State Board heard staff briefings and public testimony on the new personal financial literacy requirement created by House Bill 27 and on the related option to expand the economics course to a full credit. No final rule was adopted; staff will bring discussion/action items in November and post two course alternatives for the board to consider.

The Committee of the Full Board of the Texas State Board of Education discussed implementation steps for House Bill 27 on Sept. 8, 2025, including which course will satisfy the new half‑credit personal financial literacy (PFL) graduation requirement and how to expand the existing economics course to a full credit option for students entering ninth grade in 2026‑27.

Staff presenter Jessica Snyder of the Texas Education Agency told the committee the legislation requires the board to (1) identify the PFL course that will satisfy the new graduation requirement, (2) amend graduation‑requirement rules and possibly required curriculum, and (3) amend the TEKS for the current economics course (currently a half‑credit course) so districts may offer a one‑credit economics option. Snyder said the options staff has presented to the board are the existing one‑half‑credit Personal Financial Literacy course (adopted in 2016) and the one‑half‑credit Personal Financial Literacy and Economics combination course (adopted in 2022 under Senate Bill 1063).

Why it matters: House Bill 27 changes the social studies graduation requirement for students who enter ninth grade beginning in the 2026‑27 school year by making a one‑half‑credit personal financial literacy requirement mandatory. That change interacts with the second social‑studies credit (the option to take world history, world…

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