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Texas Senate Bill SB391

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11 82R26825 VOO-D
22 By: Patrick S.B. No. 391
33 (Eissler)
44 Substitute the following for S.B. No. 391: No.
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77 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
88 AN ACT
99 relating to the provision of electronic samples of a textbook
1010 adopted by the State Board of Education.
1111 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1212 SECTION 1. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by
1313 adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
1414 (d-1) A notice published under Subsection (d) must state
1515 that a publisher of an adopted textbook for a grade level other than
1616 prekindergarten must submit an electronic sample of the textbook as
1717 required by Sections 31.027(a) and (b) and may not submit a print
1818 sample copy.
1919 SECTION 2. The heading to Section 31.027, Education Code,
2020 is amended to read as follows:
2121 Sec. 31.027. INFORMATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS; ELECTRONIC
2222 SAMPLE [COPIES].
2323 SECTION 3. Sections 31.027(a) and (b), Education Code, are
2424 amended to read as follows:
2525 (a) A publisher shall provide each school district and
2626 open-enrollment charter school with information that fully
2727 describes each of the publisher's adopted textbooks. On request of
2828 a school district, a publisher shall provide an electronic [a]
2929 sample [copy] of an adopted textbook.
3030 (b) A publisher shall provide an electronic [at least two]
3131 sample [copies] of each adopted textbook to be maintained at each
3232 regional education service center.
3333 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.