78R6371 CAS-D

By:  Howard                                                       H.B. No. 1917



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to adoption of textbooks by the State Board of Education 
and to selection of textbooks by school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.024, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  By majority vote, the board shall determine whether a 
textbook submitted for placement on a conforming or nonconforming 
list complies with Section 28.002(h) and shall reject under 
Subsection (a)(2) a textbook that does not comply with Section 
28.002(h) and with this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 31.101(a) and (b), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each year, during a period established by the State 
Board of Education, the board of trustees of each school district 
and the governing body of each open-enrollment charter school 
shall, [:
		[(1)  for a subject in the foundation curriculum, 
notify the State Board of Education of the textbooks selected by the 
board of trustees or governing body for the following school year 
from among the textbooks on the appropriate conforming or 
nonconforming list; or
		[(2)]  for a subject in the foundation or enrichment 
curriculum:
		(1) [(A)]  notify the State Board of Education of each 
textbook selected by the board of trustees or governing body for the 
following school year from among the textbooks on the appropriate 
conforming or nonconforming list; or
		(2) [(B)]  notify the State Board of Education that the 
board of trustees or governing body has selected a textbook that is 
not on the conforming or nonconforming list.
	(b)  If a school district or open-enrollment charter school 
selects a textbook for a particular subject [in the enrichment 
curriculum] and grade level that is not on the conforming or 
nonconforming list, the state shall pay to the district or school an 
amount equal to the lesser of:
		(1)  [70 percent of] the cost to the district of the 
textbook, multiplied by the number of textbooks the district or 
school needs for that subject and grade level; or
		(2)  [70 percent of] the limitation established under 
Section 31.025 for a textbook for that subject and grade level, 
multiplied by the number of textbooks the district or school needs 
for that subject and grade level.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies to textbooks selected for each 
school year 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.