Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subtitle A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL |
Chapter 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Sec. 51.916. GRANTS FOR TEACHING AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
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(a) From funds appropriated for that purpose, the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, may make grants to institutions of higher education for the purpose of supporting research in teaching, primary and secondary curricula, learning, and early childhood education.
(b) Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis according to standards adopted by rule of the board. In making grants, the board shall consider encouraging the development of research centers at particular institutions of higher education.
(c) In developing the standards for competitive review and in making the award of grants, the board shall consider the recommendations of the State Board of Education and the commissioner.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.