Texas Education Code

§ 79.10 — TEXAS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

ED § 79.10Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part C. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM · Ch. 79. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

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(a)The board shall establish The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the university. The academy serves the following purposes:

(1)to provide academically gifted and highly motivated junior and senior high school students with a challenging university-level curriculum that:

(A)allows students to complete high school graduation requirements, including requirements adopted under Section 28.025 for the advanced high school program, while attending for academic credit a public institution of higher education;

(B)fosters students' knowledge of real-world mathematics and science issues and applications and teaches students to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to those issues;

(C)includes the study of English, foreign languages, social studies, mathematics, science, and technology; and

(D)offers students learning opportunities related to mathematics and science through in-depth research and field-based studies;

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.067, eff. September 1, 2019.