By: Hochberg H.B. No. 188

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of credits for textbooks or other instructional materials in a school district or open-enrollment charter school.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature that Section 31.1011, Education Code, as enacted by this Act, is reflective of Section 31.1011, Education Code, as enacted by Section 3, Chapter 805, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.

SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 31.1011 to read as follows:

Sec. 31.1011. TEXTBOOK CREDITS. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school is entitled to receive credit for textbooks purchased at a cost below the cost limit established under Section 31.025(a).

(b) The credit is an amount equal to the difference between the price paid for a textbook and the cost limit established under Section 31.025(a) for that textbook multiplied by the number of copies of that textbook the school district or open-enrollment charter school purchases.

(c) Fifty percent of the total textbook credit of a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall be credited to the state textbook fund, and 50 percent of the credit shall be credited to the district or school to apply toward the requisition of additional textbooks, electronic textbooks, or technological equipment for use as described by Section 31.002(4)(A).

SECTION 3. Section 31.1011, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2007-2008 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.