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2025 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Chapter 4 - Public Education Mission, Objectives, and Goals
Section 4.002. Public Education Academic Goals

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TX Educ Code § 4.002 (2025)
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Sec. 4.002. PUBLIC EDUCATION ACADEMIC GOALS. To serve as a foundation for a well-balanced and appropriate education:

GOAL 1: The students in the public education system will demonstrate exemplary performance in the reading and writing of the English language.

GOAL 2: The students in the public education system will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding of mathematics.

GOAL 3: The students in the public education system will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding of science.

GOAL 4: The students in the public education system will demonstrate exemplary performance in the understanding of social studies.

GOAL 5: The students who graduate high school in the public education system will have the skills and credentials necessary to immediately enter this state's workforce.

GOAL 6: The students who graduate high school in the public education system and who elect to pursue postsecondary education will be ready for postsecondary coursework without the need for remediation.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 120), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 6.01, eff. June 20, 2025.

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