82R3115 VOO-F
 
  By: Patrick S.B. No. 391
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of electronic sample copies of a textbook
  adopted by the State Board of Education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  A notice published under Subsection (d) must state
  that a publisher of an adopted textbook for a grade level other than
  prekindergarten must submit an electronic sample copy of the
  textbook as required by Sections 31.027(a) and (b).
         SECTION 2.  Sections 31.027(a) and (b), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A publisher shall provide each school district and
  open-enrollment charter school with information that fully
  describes each of the publisher's adopted textbooks. On request of
  a school district, a publisher shall provide an electronic [a]
  sample copy of an adopted textbook.
         (b)  A publisher shall provide at least two electronic sample
  copies of each adopted textbook to be maintained at each regional
  education service center.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.