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Chapter 445
H.B. No. 188
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the adoption of textbooks and the use of credits for
3 textbooks or other instructional materials in a school district or
4 open-enrollment charter school.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature that Section
7 31.1011, Education Code, as enacted by this Act, is reflective of
8 Section 31.1011, Education Code, as enacted by Section 3, Chapter
9 805, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
10 SECTION 2. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by
11 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
12 (e) The board shall designate a request for production of
13 textbooks in a subject area and grade level by the school year in
14 which the textbooks are intended to be made available in classrooms
15 and not by the school year in which the board makes the request for
16 production.
17 SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is
18 amended by adding Sections 31.0221 and 31.0222 to read as follows:
19 Sec. 31.0221. MIDCYCLE REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF TEXTBOOKS.
20 (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the midcycle
21 review and adoption of a textbook for a subject for which textbooks
22 are not currently under review by the board under Section 31.022.
23 The rules must require:
24 (1) the publLsher of the textbook to pay a fee to the
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 188, Chapter 445, legislative document, 2007-03/2007-06; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154878/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.