Administrative rules for the Middle School Advanced Mathematics Program became effective July 8, 2024. The rules can be found under 19 Texas Administrative Code §74.2101. Under the program, a school district or open-enrollment charter school must automatically enroll in an advanced mathematics course each Grade 6 student whose performance was either in the 60th percentile or higher on the Grade 5 Mathematics State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) assessment or in the top 40% on a local measure that includes either the student’s Grade 5 class ranking or demonstrated proficiency in the student’s Grade 5 mathematics coursework.

The Texas Education Agency has developed a new webpage designed to support implementation of middle school advanced mathematics programs.