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By:  Madden, Driver, Howard, et al.                               H.B. No. 1172



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public school textbooks.                                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 31.0221 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.0221.  TEXTBOOK CONTENT.  (a)  In addition to the 
procedures otherwise provided by this subchapter, the State Board 
of Education may by rule adopt general textbook content standards 
and provide for a  process under which textbooks are reviewed by the 
board to determine compliance with the standards and with the 
requirements of Section 28.002(h).
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
the State Board of Education by majority vote may reject a textbook 
for placement on a conforming or nonconforming list if the textbook 
is determined through the process authorized by Subsection (a) to 
not comply with the general textbook content standards adopted by 
the board under this section or the requirements of Section 
28.002(h).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies to each textbook submitted for adoption in response to a 
proclamation issued by the State Board of Education on or after that 
date.