Invest America, Everfi launch Texas financial education initiative

Texas schools will get access to financial education resources and savings-opportunity information starting in the 2026-27 school year, according to a PR Newswire release.

Invest America and Everfi said Tuesday that Texas will be the first state to roll out a statewide initiative pairing in-school financial education with information about 530A Trump Accounts and related savings opportunities.

The companies said every elementary, middle and high school in Texas will have access to the resources beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The release said the effort is meant to help students and families build knowledge, skills, confidence and long-term financial success.

The release says the classroom lessons will be tied to a federally established investment account program available to American children ages 0 to 17. It also includes funding claims aimed at getting families to activate accounts and check eligibility through the program’s website.

According to the release, children born in 2025 or later receive $1,000 from the U.S. Treasury to start. For eligible children born between 2016 and 2024, Michael and Susan Dell have committed $6.25 billion through their charitable funds to seed the first 25 million activated accounts with $250 each. The release directs families to investamerica.org/dell to check eligibility.

The release said Invest America chose Everfi as its primary in-school financial education provider for the effort. Everfi’s elementary curriculum covers earning, spending, saving and needs versus wants. Middle school content covers budgeting, saving and financial goal setting. High school instruction covers investing, credit, insurance, debt management and long-term financial planning.

The release quoted Matt Lira, executive director of Invest America, as saying every child deserves a strong financial future and that bringing financial education into Texas classrooms is intended to make new opportunities reach students and families. It also quoted Ray Martinez, chief executive of Everfi, as saying the initiative helps families turn access into long-term financial success.

Everfi said it reached more than 6.7 million student learners across 7,000 school districts in the 2025-26 school year.

The rollout across Texas schools is set for the 2026-27 school year, according to the release. The announcement did not say how many districts have already signed on or how the program will be implemented locally.

Sources

• PR Newswire release

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