By: Kolkhorst, Springer S.B. No. 348

(In the Senate - Filed January 14, 2021; March 9, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 30, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 348 By: Bettencourt

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 26.006(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A parent is entitled to:

(1) review all teaching materials, instructional materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the parent's child, including while the child is participating in virtual or remote learning; [and]

(2) review each test administered to the parent's child after the test is administered; and

(3) observe virtual instruction while the parent's child is participating in virtual or remote learning to the same extent the parent would be entitled to observe in-person instruction of the child.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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