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Texas Education Code - EDUC § 28.013. Nature Science Curriculum Project

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The State Board of Education shall assist in developing a nature science curriculum, in accordance with this section, the following entities, acting jointly:

(1) the Outdoor School at Texas Tech University Center at Junction;

(2) the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) Center of Texas Tech University;  and

(3) South Llano River State Park.

(b) The nature science curriculum must:

(1) be designed for instruction of students in grades six through 12;

(2) provide for grade-level appropriate instruction in essential knowledge and skills identified by the State Board of Education under Section 28.002 for:

(A) science;  and

(B) mathematics, social studies, and language arts, to the extent practicable and relevant to nature science studies;

(3) through participation in outdoor experiential learning projects in state parks, provide for the scientific study by students of:

(A) conservation, wildlife or aquatic biology, range ecology, or other areas of nature science;  and

(B) problems affecting nature, such as threats to the watershed, and possible solutions to those problems;  and

(4) be designed to:

(A) be capable of implementation in any state park;

(B) use state park resources in providing instruction;  and

(C) be presented by classroom teachers and state park employees.

(c) The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) Center of Texas Tech University shall make the nature science curriculum available through the university's Internet website or through a separate Internet website developed by the center for that purpose.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), § 24(8).

(e) The nature science curriculum project must be implemented and maintained using money appropriated for those purposes.

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