{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-86.03","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 86.03","heading":"LEADING OBJECT.","body":"The leading object of the university shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3202, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. THE TEXAS A \u0026 M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM","CHAPTER 86. TEXAS A \u0026 M UNIVERSITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.86.htm#86.03","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"32605b31bd72b1f952a9e9098a2b6fbaa153be2b5c0eb9258dfd4c8d25de5fc0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-86.02","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-86.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}