Texas HB 27, Personal Finance Graduation Requirement

HB 27 requires it.
We teach it.

Texas requires a personal finance course for every public high school student. Below is the complete alignment between The Crescara//Project curriculum and Texas's personal finance education standards.

The Law

What HB 27 actually requires.

Texas signed HB 27 in June 2025, making Texas the 29th state to require a personal finance course as a condition of high school graduation. The requirement takes effect for ninth-grade students entering high school in the 2026 to 2027 school year. The course covers income, taxes, budgeting, banking, saving, credit, investing, insurance, housing, and consumer rights.

Texas schools have a defined timeline to identify curriculum that meets the new requirement. With the largest public school enrollment in the country, the demand for a high-quality personal finance curriculum is enormous. The Crescara//Project is fully developed and ready to deploy at scale.

2025
Year Texas Governor signed HB 27, making Texas the 29th state to require personal finance for graduation
2026
School year HB 27 takes effect for all Texas ninth-grade students entering high school
11 Required Content Areas
Every content area in this state's personal finance standards is covered across Units 1, 2, and 3 of The Crescara//Project.
Full Curriculum Alignment

Every required topic. Covered.

HB 27 Required Topic
Crescara//Project Coverage
Unit
Income and Employment
Ch. 2 Paycheck and Benefits, Ch. 10 Career and Resumes, Ch. 11 Negotiating
Units 1 and 2
Taxes
Ch. 13 Taxes, what a paycheck actually takes, why, and how to file
Unit 2
Budgeting and Money Management
Ch. 3 Budgeting, Ch. 4 Know Where Your Money Is, Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money
Unit 1
Saving and Building Wealth
Ch. 5 Exponential Growth of Money, Ch. 6 Banks and Accounts, Ch. 23 High Yield Savings, CDs, and Treasuries
Units 1 and 3
Credit and Debt
Ch. 12 Credit Scores, Ch. 14 Interest Rates, Ch. 16 Credit Cards, Ch. 17 Student Loans
Unit 2
Banking and Financial Services
Ch. 6 Types of Banks, Credit Unions, and Accounts, Ch. 26 Platform Simulations
Units 1 and 3
Insurance and Risk Management
Ch. 18 Healthcare and Disability, Ch. 24 Life Insurance, plus the Consequence Engine insurance scenarios
Units 2 and 3
Investing
Ch. 19 Investment Overview, Ch. 20 Stocks and Bonds, Ch. 21 Funds, Ch. 22 Costs of Investing, Ch. 26 Brokerage Platforms
Unit 3
Housing and Real Estate
Ch. 15 Car and Home Loans, buying vs. renting, mortgage basics, total cost of homeownership
Unit 2
Consumer Rights and Responsibility
Ch. 15 reading fine print, borrower rights, total cost of borrowing, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money
Unit 2
Financial Goal Setting
Ch. 8 Setting Goals, Ch. 7 Psychology of Money, Ch. 9 How to Build Wealth, Ch. 27 Capstone
Units 1 and 3
Beyond Compliance

Meeting the mandate is the floor. We teach past it.

HB 27 sets the minimum. A checklist of topics is not a curriculum. The Crescara//Project sequences Texas's required content areas in the order students will actually encounter them in life, connects them to each other, and builds habits through repetition, not review sheets.

You can't teach investing without first teaching budgeting. You can't teach credit without first teaching income. The sequence is the curriculum.

Personalized by geography
Content adapts to each student's real financial context. A student in rural Texas and a student in a major city are not facing the same realities.
Habits built in, not bolted on
Budgeting, saving, reading fine print, reinforced across all three units through the Consequence Engine, not addressed once in a single chapter.
Zero prior knowledge assumed
Every concept is introduced from scratch. Teachers do not need a financial background. Students do not need one either.
Ready to meet the mandate?

The curriculum is ready now.

Texas schools that connect now will be ahead of the requirement. Reach out at info@crescaraproject.org.

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