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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to rules which insure that local independent school |
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district selection of non-state adopted instructional materials to |
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be purchased with state funds, is as accountable and transparent as |
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the State Board of Education approval process for state-adopted |
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instruction materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.003, Education Code, is amended by |
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designating the current rule as Subsection (a) and adding |
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Subsections (b), (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), and (b-6) |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The State Board of Education may adopt rules, consistent |
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with this chapter, for the adoption, requisition, |
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distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional |
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materials. |
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(b) The state Board of Education may by rule set minimum |
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standards for local procedures selecting non-state adopted |
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instructional materials to be purchased with state funds only |
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in the areas of: |
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(1)public notice, access, and input; |
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(2) review by independent panel to determine coverage |
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of the essential knowledge and skills; |
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(3) prevention/correction of factual errors; |
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(4)coverage of essential knowledge and skills in the |
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student version as well as in the teacher version of |
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instructional materials, pursuant to TEC 31.023(a); |
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(5) compliance with the stated purpose of TEC |
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28.002(h); and |
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(6)safeguards against corruption. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected |
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to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, |
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Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the |
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vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2015. |