Tex. Education Code § 19.003
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 19.003, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 19.003. GOALS OF THE DISTRICT.
Official statutory text
The goals of the district in educating its students are to:
(1) reduce recidivism;
(2) reduce the cost of confinement or imprisonment;
(3) increase the success of former students in obtaining and maintaining employment; and
(4) provide an incentive to students to behave in positive ways during confinement or imprisonment.
(1) reduce recidivism;
(2) reduce the cost of confinement or imprisonment;
(3) increase the success of former students in obtaining and maintaining employment; and
(4) provide an incentive to students to behave in positive ways during confinement or imprisonment.
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