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for committee members, and directs the State Board
of Education to make rules concerning compensatory
per diem and expenses for committee members, and
by the Texas Education Code, 12.24(a), also as
amended by Senate Bill 27, which directs the State
Board of Education to adopt rules to provide for a full
and complete investigation of all books and accom-
panying bids, since the work of the State Textbook
Committee forms an important part of this full and
complete investigation.81.131 (226.33.35.001).
81.133 (226.33.35.020).
81.134 (226.33.35.030).
81.137 (226.33.35.060).Polwy.
Term of Office.
Qualifications.
Expenses.This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within
the agency's authority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on April 20, 1983
TRD-832944 Raymon L Bynum
Commissioner of Education
Proposed date of adoption
July 9, 1983
For further information, please call (512) 475-7077.
19 TAC 81.131-81.139
The Texas Education Agency proposes new
5181.132, 81.133, 81.136, and 81.137 and pro-
poses amendments to 81.131, 81.134, 81.135,
81.138, and 81.139, concerning the State Textbook
Committee. Senate Bill 27, 68th Legislature, which
has been signed by the governor, increased the num-
ber of State Textbook Committee members from 15
to one member from each congressional district in the
state. Senate Bill 27 also provided for a compensatory
per diem to be paid to committee members, in add,-
tion to reimbursement for their expenses.
The proposed amendments to these sections reflect
and implement the relevant provisions of Senate Bill
27. In addition, the proposed changes incorporate in-
to agency rules material concerning advisors to State
Textbook Committee members, orientation, and rela-
tionships between committee members and publishers
which was previously contained in a handbook for
committee members or in the textbook proclamation.
The existing 81.131 is proposed for repeal in a
separate submission. Section 81.132, concerning ap-
pointment and qualifications of the State Textbook
Committee, is amended by renumbering the section
to make it 81.131. References to the 15-member
committee are deleted, since the number of members
has been increased. The proposed amendment pro-
vides for the commissioner of education to accept
recommendations for possible nominees from any per-
sons or organization in the state and deletes a provi-
sion for the commissioner to request such nominations
specifically from agency staff. Proposed subsections
(d) and (e) require the commissioner to secure from
a nominee's school district an assurance that the
school will provide suitable assistance to the commit-
tee member. Subsection (f) addresses continued eli-gibility of committee members who change positions
during their term.
New 81.132 directs the commissioner of education
to provide for orientation for State Textbook Commit-
tee members and specifies items to be covered in the
orientation
New 81 133 concerns advisors for textbook com-
mittee members. Each committee member is to select
a maximum of six official advisors for each subject
area in which books are being considered. One advisor
is to be a member of the public who is not a profes-
sional educator The remaining five are to be profes-
sional educators with unusual backgrounds and recog-
nized teaching ability in the subject field for which they
are advisors Provisions for selection of advisors and
duties of advisors are set out. Advisors are not paid
expenses and receive no compensation for their
services.
Existing 81 133 and 81 134 are proposed for
repeal in a separate submission The current 81.135
is amended and renumbered to be 81 .134. It speci-
fies the duties of the State Textbook Committee. The
proposed amendments add subsection (a)(2), concern-
ing the responsibility of the textbook committee to en-
sure that all books recommended meet the require-
ments for content specified in the textbook proclama-
tion and in State Board of Education rules. New sub-
section (b) specifies that any book which is to be
recommended by the committee must receive a sup-
porting vote from at least two-thirds of the commit-
tee. New subsection (c) provides for selection of com-
mittee members to represent the committee at State
Board of Education hearings or meetings concerning
textbooks.
The current 81.136 is amended and renumbered to
be 81.135. Editorial changes and the deletion of an
obsolete cross-reference are proposed in subsection
(a). New subsections (b) and (c) address the compen-
satory per diem authorized by Senate Bill 27 and pay-
ment of expenses to committee members. The pro-
posed rule authorizes the commissioner of education
to establish a per diem rate each year based upon the
scheduled number of committee meetings, with the
total amount of compensatory per diem paid to a com-
mittee member not to exceed $1,500. Textbook com-
mittee members would receive reimbursement for ex-
penses under the same guidelines applicable to reim-
bursement for State Board of Education members.
Subsection (c)(3) includes provisions for an advance
for expenses. Unearned advances which are not repaid
will be deducted from the committee member's com-
pensatory per diem. Subsection (d) provides for pay-
ment for substitute teachers if they are needed to
replace committee members.
New 181.136 provides for publishers to make presen-
tations to committee members.
New 81.137 incorporates material concerning the
no-contact period between publishers and committee
members. Material in both these rules was previous-
ly contained in the textbook proclamation.April 29, 1983 8 TexReg 1391
Proposed
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