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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public school textbooks to include references |
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to persons who have made important contributions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.023(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Each textbook on a conforming or nonconforming list |
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must: |
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(1) be free from factual errors; and |
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(2) as appropriate, include references to persons of |
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all racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds who have made |
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important contributions in the subject covered by the textbook. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 31.023(b), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a textbook |
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for which the State Board of Education issues a proclamation under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A textbook for which the State Board of Education |
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issues a proclamation before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the proclamation was issued, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |