Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 294 amends the Education Code by adding a temporary provision requiring the Texas Education Agency to develop a costs/benefits study project on the use of computer networks in the public schools. The act requires the commissioner of education to determine the issues to be studied but stipulates that they must include the possibility of delivering updated textbook supplements via a computer network. The act requires the agency to report the project's results to the legislature not later than February 1, 1999.