November 19, 2025 Committee of the Full Board Item 4
Discussion of Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.11, High School Graduation Requirements, and §74.12, Foundation High School Program
November 19, 2025
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the committee to discuss proposed amendments to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.11, High School Graduation Requirements, and §74.12, Foundation High School Program. The proposed amendments would update high school graduation requirements to align with House Bill (HB) 27, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, related to personal financial literacy, and Senate Bill (SB) 2314, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, related to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) direct admission program.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.102(c)(4); §28.025(a), (b-1)(3), (b-24), and (c)(1); and §28.0257, as amended by SB 2314, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025.
TEC, §7.102(c)(4), requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to establish curriculum and graduation requirements.
TEC, §28.025(a), requires the SBOE to determine by rule the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school program that are consistent with the required curriculum and requires the SBOE to designate specific courses that are required for the foundation high school program.
TEC, §28.025, (b-1)(3), requires the SBOE to require that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school program include a requirement that students successfully complete at least one-half credit in personal financial literacy.
TEC, §28.025, (b-24), requires the SBOE to allow a student to comply with the curriculum requirement for a one-half credit in personal financial literacy by successfully completing an advanced placement (AP) course designated by the SBOE as containing substantively similar and rigorous academic content.
TEC, §28.025(c)(1), permits a student to graduate and receive a diploma only if the student successfully completes the curriculum requirements identified by the SBOE under TEC, §28.025(a), and complies with TEC, §§28.0256, 28.0257, and 39.025.
TEC, §28.0257, as added by SB 2314, 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, requires a student to elect whether to opt in to allowing the THECB to share the student's data and education records, as necessary, with institutions of higher education to allow the student to participate in the direct admissions program established by THECB.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the links above.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: The 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, passed HB 27, requiring students to successfully complete a one-half credit personal financial literacy course instead of the option to complete either a one-half credit economics course or a one-half credit course in economics and personal financial literacy to satisfy the economics requirement under the Foundation High School Program. The bill changed the current one-half credit economics course to a one-credit course and permits students to select the third social studies credit required for graduation from economics, world geography, or world history. The bill also added new TEC, §28.025(b-24), requiring the SBOE to allow a student to comply with the personal financial literacy requirement by successfully completing an advanced placement (AP) course.
The 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, also adopted SB 2314, amending the state graduation requirements in TEC, §28.025(c), to require students to elect whether to allow the THECB to share the student's data and education records, as necessary, with institutions of higher education to allow the student to participate in the direct admission program established by THECB.
This item provides the opportunity for the committee to discuss possible amendments to the high school graduation requirements in §74.11 and §74.12 to align with requirements of HB 27 and SB 2314. The attachment to this item reflects the text of proposed amendments for discussion.
Staff Member Responsible:
Jessica Snyder, Senior Director, Curriculum Standards and Student Support
Attachment:
Text of Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 74, Curriculum Requirements, Subchapter B, Graduation Requirements, §74.11, High School Graduation Requirements, and §74.12, Foundation High School Program