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Amend CSSB 2565 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 21.4045(a), Education Code (page 2, line 56), between "to" and "cover", insert "initially".
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 21.4045(a), Education Code (page 2, line 59), between "to" and "lesson", insert "initial".
(3) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Section 26.0061(c), Education Code (page 3, line 64), strike "unless," and substitute "unless the petition is presented by the parents of less than 50 percent of the students enrolled at the campus and,".
(4) In SECTION 6 of the bill, strike added Section 26.0061(d), Education Code (page 3, line 69, through page 4, line 2), and substitute the following:
(d) The board of trustees of a school district is not required to conduct a review under this section for a specific subject area or grade level at a specific district campus more than once per school year.
(5) In SECTION 6 of the bill, in added Section 26.0061, Education Code (page 4, between lines 2 and 3), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:
( ) Parental access to instructional material provided by an instructional material review conducted under this section is in addition to any other right to access instructional material granted by this title or school district policy.
(6) In SECTION 13 of the bill, adding Section 31.006, Education Code (page 5, line 33), between "The" and "agency", insert "State Board of Education or the".
(7) In SECTION 17 of the bill, strike transferred, reenacted, and amended Section 31.0211(f), Education Code (page 8, lines 51 and 52), and substitute the following:
(f) Funds allotted under this section may not be used to purchase instructional material that contains obscene or harmful content or would otherwise cause the school district to which the funds were allotted to be unable to submit the certification required under Section 31.1011(a)(1)(B) [The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section].
(8) In SECTION 21 of the bill, in amended Section 31.022(b)(2), Education Code (page 9, line 50), strike "and".
(9) In SECTION 21 of the bill, in amended Section 31.022(b)(3), Education Code (page 9, line 51), between "specifications" and the open bracket, insert the following:
; and
(4) the instructional material to not contain obscene or harmful content and otherwise be compatible with certification requirements under Section 31.1011(a)(1)(B)
(10) In SECTION 21 of the bill, in added Section 31.022(c-1), Education Code (page 9, line 68), strike "(c)," and substitute "(c) because the board plans to revise the essential knowledge and skills intended to be covered by the material, the board shall issue a proclamation requesting the revision of the applicable instructional materials and shall,".
(11) In SECTION 21 of the bill, in added Section 31.022(c-1), Education Code (page 10, line 1), strike "the board shall".
(12) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in amended Section 31.023(a)(1)(C), Education Code (page 10, lines 35 and 36), strike "updating the list of approved instructional materials under Section 31.022" and substitute "the proclamation requesting the revision of the instructional materials under Section 31.022(c-1)".
(13) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in amended Section 31.023(b), Education Code (page 11, line 13), strike "and".
(14) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in amended Section 31.023(b)(3)(C), Education Code (page 11, line 25), between "material" and the open bracket, insert the following:
; and
(4) whether the material contains obscene or harmful content or is otherwise incompatible with certification requirements under Section 31.1011(a)(1)(B)
(15) In SECTION 39 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated, and amended Section 31.1011(a)(1)(B), Education Code (page 17, lines 55 and 56), strike "with the Children's Internet Protection Act (Pub. L. No. 106-554); and" and substitute the following:
with:
(i) the Children's Internet Protection Act (Pub. L. No. 106-554);
(ii) Section 28.0022;
(iii) Section 43.22, Penal Code; and
(iv) any other law or regulation that protects students from obscene or harmful content; and
(16) In SECTION 43 of the bill, amending Section 31.103(c), Education Code (page 18, lines 31 and 32), strike "on the list of approved instructional materials adopted under Section 31.022 [31.023]" and substitute "[on the list adopted under Section 31.023]".
(17) In SECTION 45 of the bill, in added Section 31.154(d)(3), Education Code (page 19, lines 46 and 47), strike "including a condition that the instructional material cannot be shared" and substitute "which may not limit or exclude access to instructional material based on the uses of the material that would otherwise be permitted under fair use provisions of copyright law".
(18) In SECTION 50 of the bill, providing transition language (page 21, between lines 39 and 40), insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
( ) Section 21.4045(b), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(19) Strike SECTION 51 of the bill, providing dates of applicability (page 21, lines 40 and 41), and substitute the following:
SECTION 51. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
(b) Section 21.4045, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.