83R4368 VOO-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 760
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to State Board of Education oversight of regional
education service center services and products concerning student
curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 8.0531 to read as follows:
Sec. 8.0531. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OVERSIGHT OF
CURRICULUM-RELATED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS. (a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subchapter or Section 8.001(c), the State
Board of Education shall maintain oversight and direction of the
activities of a regional education service center, acting alone or
in collaboration with one or more other regional education service
centers, concerning any service or product related to student
curriculum.
(b) A regional education service center, either alone or in
collaboration with one or more other regional education service
centers, may not develop, administer, or provide or authorize the
development, administration, or provision by a public or private
entity of a service or product related to student curriculum
without State Board of Education approval, including approval of
the form and content of the service or product, regardless of
whether the service or product is provided online, in print, or in
person.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.