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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures for the review and selection of certain |
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instructional materials by public school districts and |
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open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 31.1011 and 31.1012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.1011. LOCAL REVIEW AND SELECTION. (a) Each board |
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of trustees of a school district and governing body of an |
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open-enrollment charter school shall adopt procedures for |
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selecting instructional materials. |
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(b) The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must |
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include procedures for: |
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(1) providing public notice of any instructional |
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material scheduled for review and selection; |
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(2) providing public access, including electronic |
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access if available, to the instructional material scheduled for |
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review and selection; and |
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(3) conducting a public meeting and allowing public |
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comment regarding any instructional material scheduled for review |
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and selection. |
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(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the procedures |
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adopted must grant public access to the instructional material for |
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at least 30 days before the date the district or school officially |
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selects the instructional material. |
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Sec. 31.1012. ADDITIONAL LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING FOR |
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL THAT INCLUDES COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS |
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MATERIAL. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Common core state standards" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 28.002(b-1). |
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(2) "Parent" includes a person standing in parental |
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relation. |
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(b) If any instructional material selected by a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school includes common core |
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state standards material, a parent of a student enrolled in the |
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district or school may request that the district or school conduct a |
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public meeting specifically addressing the selection of that |
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instructional material in addition to the public meeting required |
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under Section 31.1011. |
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(c) The board of trustees of a school district or the |
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governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall schedule |
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the additional public meeting under this section not later than the |
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10th day after the date a parent requests the meeting under |
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Subsection (b). The district or school shall: |
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(1) provide public notice of the meeting; |
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(2) provide public access, including electronic |
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access if available, to the instructional material that includes |
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the common core state standards material; and |
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(3) allow public comment regarding the instructional |
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material that includes the common core state standards material. |
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(d) After a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school has conducted the additional public meeting required under |
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this section, a parent of a student enrolled in the district or |
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school may request that the district or school remove the |
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instructional material that includes the common core state |
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standards material from the selected list of the district or |
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school. |
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(e) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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shall remove any instructional material that includes common core |
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state standards material from the selected list of the district or |
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school on the request of a parent under Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |