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Texas Education Code § 19.003

Goals of the District

Schools in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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.

Official text of the Texas Education Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 19.0041§ 19.011