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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of electronic samples of a textbook |
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adopted by the State Board of Education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) A notice published under Subsection (d) must state |
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that a publisher of an adopted textbook for a grade level other than |
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prekindergarten must submit an electronic sample of the textbook as |
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required by Sections 31.027(a) and (b) and may not submit a print |
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sample copy. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 31.027, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.027. INFORMATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS; ELECTRONIC |
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SAMPLE [COPIES]. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 31.027(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A publisher shall provide each school district and |
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open-enrollment charter school with information that fully |
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describes each of the publisher's adopted textbooks. On request of |
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a school district, a publisher shall provide an electronic [a] |
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sample [copy] of an adopted textbook. |
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(b) A publisher shall provide an electronic [at least two] |
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sample [copies] of each adopted textbook to be maintained at each |
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regional education service center. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |