Amend CSHB 3906 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 25.904 to read as follows:
Sec. 25.904. USE OF CALCULATOR APPLICATION IN PLACE OF GRAPHING CALCULATOR. (a) A school district shall permit a student enrolled in a course that requires the student to use a graphing calculator to use a calculator application on a computing device, including a personal, laptop, or tablet computer, that provides the same functionality, unless the district makes available to the student a graphing calculator at no cost to the student.
(b) A school district may adopt policies related to student use of a computing device under this section.
(c) To the extent this section conflicts with Section 37.082, this section prevails.
SECTION ____. The Texas Education Agency is required to implement a provision of Section 25.904, Education Code, as added by this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, implement a provision of that section using other appropriations available for that purpose.