| 1 | 1 | | 84R11823 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 2810 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to proclamations issued by the State Board of Education |
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| 8 | 8 | | for instructional materials. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1-b) "Proclamation" means a request for production of |
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| 13 | 13 | | new instructional materials issued by the State Board of Education. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (f) to read as |
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| 16 | 16 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b-1) For any biennium, the board may only issue |
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| 18 | 18 | | proclamations for instructional materials in which the total |
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| 19 | 19 | | projected cost of instructional materials under the proclamations |
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| 20 | 20 | | does not exceed 75 percent of the total amount used to fund the |
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| 21 | 21 | | instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211 for that |
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| 22 | 22 | | biennium. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (f) The board shall amend any proclamation [request for |
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| 24 | 24 | | production] issued for the purchase of instructional materials to |
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| 25 | 25 | | conform to the instructional materials funding levels provided by |
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| 26 | 26 | | the General Appropriations Act for the year of implementation and |
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| 27 | 27 | | to comply with Subsection (b-1). |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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