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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the review and adoption cycle for public school |
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textbooks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.022(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a review and |
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adoption cycle for textbooks for elementary grade levels, including |
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prekindergarten, and secondary grade levels, for each subject in |
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the required curriculum under Section 28.002. The cycle shall be |
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organized to provide for the board to review and adopt electronic |
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textbooks for a subject before the board reviews and adopts for a |
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subject any textbook that is not an electronic textbook. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.022(a), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to the public school textbook review and |
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adoption cycle for a textbook for which the State Board of Education |
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issues a proclamation under Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education |
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Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. The review and |
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adoption cycle for 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 immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |