85R1996 KJE-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 213
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements regarding electronic access to
instructional materials provided in printed book format purchased
for public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.036 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.036. ACCESS TO PRINTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN
ELECTRONIC FORMAT. (a) This section applies only to instructional
materials or supplemental instructional materials provided in
printed book format.
(b) The publisher of instructional materials or
supplemental instructional materials subject to this section
purchased as provided by this chapter for a school district shall
provide the district at no additional cost with access to the
materials in an electronic format as provided by this section.
(c) Instructional materials or supplemental instructional
materials may be accessed in an electronic format under this
section only for educational purposes by:
(1) students enrolled in a course or subject for which
the materials were purchased for the purpose of completing that
course or subject and only for the period during which the student
is enrolled;
(2) teachers providing instruction in a course or
subject for which the materials were purchased for the purpose of
providing that instruction and only for the period during which the
materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or
subject; and
(3) school and district administrators for a district
campus at which a course or subject for which the materials were
purchased is provided and only for the period during which the
materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or
subject.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials
purchased under a contract entered into on or after the effective
date of this Act. Instructional materials or supplemental
instructional materials purchased under a contract entered into
before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in
effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.