Sec. 61.895.  ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.  The board may enter into agreements with general academic teaching institutions or other institutions of higher education to provide students participating in the program with:
(1)  research-based support to make satisfactory academic progress and graduate on time; and
(2)  leadership development opportunities, including:
(A)  program cohort learning communities;
(B)  mentoring, research, and internship opportunities;
(C)  networking with state government, business, and civic leaders; and 
(D)  statewide cohort learning institutes or seminars.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 1590), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2023.