INTRODUCED
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE
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SECTION 1. Section 31.001,
Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 1. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 2. Section 31.005,
Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 2. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 3. Section 31.021, Education
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.021. STATE TECHNOLOGY
AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FUND. (a) The state technology and
instructional materials fund consists of:
(1) an amount set aside by
the State Board of Education from the available school fund, in accordance
with Section 43.001(d); and
(2) all amounts lawfully
paid into the fund from any other source.
(c) Money in the state technology
and instructional materials fund shall be used to:
(1) fund the technology
and instructional materials allotment, as provided by Section 31.0211;
(2) purchase special
instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired
students in public schools;
(3) pay the expenses
associated with the instructional materials adoption and review process
under this chapter;
(4) pay the expenses
associated with the purchase or licensing of open-source instructional
material;
(5) pay the expenses
associated with the purchase of instructional material, including
intrastate freight and shipping and the insurance expenses associated with
intrastate freight and shipping; and
(6)
[fund the technology lending grant program established under Section
32.201; and
[(7)] provide funding
to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School
for the Deaf, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(d) Money transferred to the
state technology and instructional materials fund remains in the
fund until spent and does not lapse to the state at the end of the fiscal
year.
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SECTION 3. Section 31.021,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.021. STATE TECHNOLOGY
AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FUND. (a) The state technology and
instructional materials fund consists of:
(1) an amount set aside by
the State Board of Education from the available school fund, in accordance
with Section 43.001(d); and
(2) all amounts lawfully
paid into the fund from any other source.
(c) Money in the state technology
and instructional materials fund shall be used to:
(1) fund the technology
and instructional materials allotment, as provided by Section 31.0211;
(2) purchase special
instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired
students in public schools;
(3) pay the expenses
associated with the instructional materials adoption and review process
under this chapter;
(4) pay the expenses
associated with the purchase or licensing of open-source instructional
material;
(5) pay the expenses
associated with the purchase of instructional material, including
intrastate freight and shipping and the insurance expenses associated with
intrastate freight and shipping;
(6)
fund the technology lending grant program established under Section 32.201;
and
(7) provide funding to the
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the
Deaf, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
(d) Money transferred to the
state technology and instructional materials fund remains in the
fund until spent and does not lapse to the state at the end of the fiscal
year.
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SECTION 4. The heading to
Section 31.0211, Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 4. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 5. Sections
31.0211(a) and (b), Education Code, are amended.
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SECTION 5. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 6. The heading to
Section 31.0212, Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 6. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 7. Sections
31.0212(a), (b), (d), and (e), Education Code, are amended.
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SECTION 7. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 8. Section 31.0213,
Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 8. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 9. Section
31.0214(a), Education Code, is amended to read.
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SECTION 9. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 10. The heading to
Section 31.0215, Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 10. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 11. Sections
31.0215(b) and (c), Education Code, are amended.
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SECTION 11. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 12. Section
31.0231(b), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 12. Same as introduced
version.
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SECTION 13. Section
31.029(a), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 13. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 14. Section
31.031(a), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 14. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 15. Section 31.071(e),
Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 15. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 16. Section
31.101(f), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 16. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 17. Section
31.151(d), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 17. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 18. Section
41.124(c), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 18. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 19. Section
43.001(d), Education Code, is amended.
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SECTION 19. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 20. Section
403.093(d), Government Code, is amended.
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SECTION 20. Same as
introduced version.
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SECTION 21. This Act takes
effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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SECTION 21. Same as
introduced version.
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