Texas Education Code

§ 96.707 — TEXAS ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES

ED § 96.707Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part E. THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Ch. 96. INSTITUTIONS OF THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Art. E. LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS

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(a)The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities is established as a two-year program at Lamar University at Beaumont for secondary school students selected under this section. The academy is under the management and control of the board of regents of the Texas State University System.

(b)The goals of the academy are to:

(1)provide gifted and talented secondary school students with accelerated academic experiences to ensure success as undergraduates with advanced standing;

(2)encourage those students to develop their full leadership potential and their ethical decision-making capabilities;

(3)provide those students with academic and social role models and mentors to motivate them to pursue academic excellence and self-direction;

(4)provide a model setting for the training of teachers in the educational materials and methods appropriate for gifted learners;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 771), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.070, eff. September 1, 2019.