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HB 2008TEXASSession 89RState Billdead

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Texas HB 2008 removes economics as a standalone option and requires personal financial literacy and economics for high school graduation

Original title: Relating to courses in personal financial literacy and economics for high school students in public schools.

Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Public EducationSponsors: Steve Toth and 1 other

Companion · SB 625same policy, Senate version

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What This Bill Proposed

Texas HB 2008 updates high school graduation requirements to mandate a combined personal financial literacy and economics course within the three social studies credits, removing the option for economics alone, for students entering the ninth grade in the 2025-2026 school year or later.

Why it matters

Students entering ninth grade in the 2025-2026 school year and later must take a specific financial literacy and economics combination rather than standalone economics to meet their social studies graduation credits.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

high school students in public schools

High school students entering the ninth grade in the 2025-2026 school year or later must complete a combined personal financial literacy and economics course to satisfy graduation requirements.

Directly affected

State Board of Education

The Board is required by rule to incorporate the updated curriculum requirements into the foundation high school program.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which students are affected by the new financial literacy and economics requirement?

The requirement applies only to students entering the ninth grade during the 2025-2026 school year or a later school year.

What happens to students who are already above the ninth grade in the 2025-2026 school year?

Students entering a grade above ninth grade during the 2025-2026 school year remain subject to the previous version of Section 28.025(b-1).

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.

Procedural history

3 actions

Mar 14, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to Public Education
Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroduced
Read first time
Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroduced
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Connected Entities

State Board of Education

OrganizationState Board of Education“Required by rule to include curriculum requirements for the foundation high scho”Map →

Sources

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capitol.texas.gov

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