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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the disclosure of public school curricula and |
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teaching materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 26.0061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0061. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE REGARDING CURRICULA AND |
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TEACHING MATERIALS. (a) In this section, "teaching material" |
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includes: |
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(1) instructional material, as that term is defined by |
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Section 31.002; |
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(2) supplemental material; |
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(3) teaching aids; and |
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(4) any other material a student is given the option to |
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select for the student's instruction. |
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(b) Subject to Subsection (d), not later than the seventh |
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day before the date curricula or teaching materials will be |
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implemented, assigned, distributed, or otherwise presented to |
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students, each school district and open-enrollment charter school |
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shall make those items available to the public on the district's or |
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school's Internet website, disaggregated by subject area and grade |
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level. |
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(c) Information posted to a school district's or |
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open-enrollment charter school's Internet website under Subsection |
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(b) must be maintained on the website for not less than 10 years. |
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(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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must make curricula and teaching materials described by Subsection |
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(b) available in a manner that complies with copyright law and |
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otherwise prevents the items from being copied. Items that cannot |
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be made available on the district's or school's Internet website |
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must be made available for review by parents in accordance with |
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Section 26.006. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |