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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public schools to maintain physical copies of |
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certain instructional materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.107 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.107. REQUIRED PHYSICAL COPIES OF INSTRUCTIONAL |
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MATERIALS. The board of trustees of each school district and the |
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governing body of each open-enrollment charter school shall, for |
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each instructional material selected by the district or school for |
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a subject in the foundation or enrichment curriculum: |
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(1) make available at least one physical copy of the |
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instructional material in each classroom in which the instructional |
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material is used; |
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(2) provide to each teacher at a district or school who |
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uses the instructional material in teaching a course a physical |
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copy of the teacher version of the instructional material, if |
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available; and |
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(3) maintain in the school library at each district or |
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school campus at which the instructional material is used a number |
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of physical copies of the instructional material at least equal to |
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five percent of the total number of students in the grade level in |
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which the instructional material is used. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |