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House Bill 1605 |
House Author: Buckley et al. |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Creighton et al. |
House Bill 1605 amends the Education Code to revise and set out provisions relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption of essential knowledge and skills for certain public school foundation curriculum subjects, and the extension of additional state aid to school districts for the provision of certain instructional materials. With regard to the instructional materials freely available to students attending public schools and approved for use in public school districts, the bill provides for the following matters, among other provisions:
· parent access to such materials through an instructional materials parent portal, parent access to teaching materials generally, and parent requests for the review of such material;
· the process involving the recommendation, review, approval, and maintenance of instructional materials by the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of Education (SBOE) and the use by a classroom teacher and a district of such materials;
· effective September 1, 2023, additional state aid for state‑approved instructional materials and for open education resource instructional materials;
· the purchase of instructional materials and the availability of open education resource instructional materials;
· the establishment of an open education resource advisory board;
· certain duties of teachers and of publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials;
· a requirement that the SBOE adopt standard terms and conditions for use in contracts for the procurement of instructional materials from publishers and manufacturers; and
· effective September 1, 2023, with respect to the bill's amendment to the Government Code, a requirement that the director of the Legislative Budget Board include in the budget of estimated appropriations prepared under state law the amount set aside by the SBOE from the available school fund for the state instructional materials and technology fund and the amount that is remaining in the fund from the previous fiscal biennium that is available for use by school districts and open‑enrollment charter schools.
Except as otherwise provided, the bill takes effect June 13, 2023.