78R3276 SLO-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 451



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the selection and purchase of certain textbooks by a 
school district or open-enrollment charter school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.101, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(e)  If a school district or open-enrollment charter school 
purchases a textbook for a particular subject that is in the 
advanced placement or international baccalaureate curriculum or 
for which dual high school and college credit is offered and that 
does not have an adopted textbook list, the state shall pay to the 
district or school:
		(1)  if there is a similar subject and grade level for 
which the board has adopted a textbook, the lesser of the limit on 
cost set by the board for the adopted textbook under Section 31.025 
or the amount the district or school paid for the adopted textbook, 
multiplied by the number of textbooks the district or school needs 
for the advanced placement, international baccalaureate, or dual 
credit course; or
		(2)  if there is no similar subject and grade level for 
which the board has adopted a textbook, the actual cost of the 
textbook, multiplied by the number of textbooks the district or 
school needs for the advanced placement, international 
baccalaureate, or dual credit course.
	(f)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules as 
necessary for the administration of this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 31.103(c), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(c)  In making a requisition under this section, a school 
district or open-enrollment charter school may requisition 
textbooks on the conforming or nonconforming list, including 
college-level textbooks, for grades above the grade level in which 
a student is enrolled, except that the total quantity of textbooks 
requisitioned under this section may not exceed the limit 
prescribed by Subsection (b).
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.       
	SECTION 4.  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, 2003.