{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.331","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.331","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"(a) The definitions provided by Section 61.003 apply to this subchapter.\n(b) In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Basic academic skills education\" means non-course competency-based developmental education programs and interventions designed for students whose performance falls significantly below college readiness standards.\n(2) \"Program evaluation\" means a systematic method of collecting, analyzing, and using information to answer questions about developmental education courses, interventions, and policies, particularly about their effectiveness and cost-efficiency.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, Sec. 37(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 1031), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 3), Sec. 61, eff. June 19, 2009.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 965 (H.B. 1244), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 965 (H.B. 1244), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 6.01, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1183 (H.B. 3468), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 62(a), eff. June 10, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 63(a), eff. June 10, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (H.B. 1054), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 638 (S.B. 1776), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 988 (H.B. 18), Sec. 6(a), eff. June 19, 2015.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 51.3062 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 842 (H.B. 2223), Sec. 1.02, eff. June 15, 2017.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER F-1. TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.331","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"b026c88e1b68c317fc0294773458a6cd3ad50fbc40a95c03d8a8d2a0ce903eaa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.315","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}