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State Department of Education Link
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https://tea.texas.gov/
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Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards
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Yes
Texas does require a one-half credit high school elective course, developed in response to TEC, §28.0021, which requires each school district and each open-enrollment charter school that offers a high school program to provide this specific course in personal financial literacy as a high school elective. Standards are also embedded within the required economics course required for graduation.
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/ch113c.html#113.49
https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Personal%20Financial%20Literacy%20FAQs%208-31-2016.pdf
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Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences
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Yes
Family and Consumer Sciences offers a course entitled Dollars and Sense that covers personal financial literacy standards.
https://www.txcte.org/course-binder/dollars-and-sense
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Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards
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Yes
The Personal Financial Literacy standards are taught within the social studies curriculum.
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/ch113c.html
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Personal Finance Embedded in Mathematics Common Core Standards
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Yes
Financial literacy standards are embedded within the course “Financial Mathematics”. Financial Mathematics is a course about personal money management. Students will apply critical-thinking skills to analyze personal financial decisions based on current and projected economic factors.
https://www.txcte.org/course-binder/financial-mathematics
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Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered
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No
Students are required to take economics that has some financial literacy embedded for graduation. The stand-alone financial literacy course is not required for graduation but can be taken for elective credit.
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State Assessment of Personal Finance Required
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No
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