Texas Education Code
§ 21.4553 — TEACHER MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND INTERVENTIONIST ACADEMIES
ED § 21.4553Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 21. EDUCATORS · Art. J. STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioner shall develop and make available mathematics achievement academies for teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students at any grade level.
(b)A mathematics achievement academy developed under this section must, if appropriate for the grade level at which the teacher provides instruction, include training in:
(1)effective and systematic instructional practices in mathematics, including problem solving, the place value system, whole number operations, and fractions;
(2)the underlying mathematical skills required to be taught; and
(3)mathematical instruction techniques that, through scientific testing, have been proven effective.
(c)The commissioner shall adopt criteria for selecting teachers who may attend a mathematics achievement academy. In adopting selection criteria under this subsection, the commissioner shall:
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 7, eff. June 18, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.16, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.04, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 5.05, eff. June 20, 2025.