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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements regarding electronic access to |
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instructional materials provided in printed book format purchased |
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for public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 31.036 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.036. ACCESS TO PRINTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN |
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ELECTRONIC FORMAT. (a) This section applies only to instructional |
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materials or supplemental instructional materials provided in |
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printed book format. |
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(b) The publisher of instructional materials or |
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supplemental instructional materials subject to this section |
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purchased as provided by this chapter for a school district shall |
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provide the district at no additional cost with access to the |
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materials in an electronic format as provided by this section. |
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(c) Instructional materials or supplemental instructional |
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materials may be accessed in an electronic format under this |
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section only for educational purposes by: |
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(1) students enrolled in a course or subject for which |
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the materials were purchased for the purpose of completing that |
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course or subject and only for the period during which the student |
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is enrolled; |
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(2) teachers providing instruction in a course or |
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subject for which the materials were purchased for the purpose of |
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providing that instruction and only for the period during which the |
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materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or |
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subject; and |
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(3) school and district administrators for a district |
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campus at which a course or subject for which the materials were |
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purchased is provided and only for the period during which the |
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materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or |
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subject. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials |
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purchased under a contract entered into on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. Instructional materials or supplemental |
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instructional materials purchased under a contract entered into |
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before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law |
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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, 2015. |