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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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| 8 | 10 | | Board on methods to reduce certain textbook and course material |
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| 9 | 11 | | costs. |
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| 10 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 61.06651 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | Sec. 61.06651. STUDY ON ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK AND COURSE |
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| 14 | 16 | | MATERIAL COSTS. (a) In this section, "core curriculum" has the |
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| 15 | 17 | | meaning assigned by Section 61.821. |
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| 16 | 18 | | (b) The board shall conduct a study on methods to reduce the |
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| 17 | 19 | | cost of electronic textbooks and course materials required or |
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| 18 | 20 | | recommended for core curriculum courses. |
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| 19 | 21 | | (c) Not later than December 31, 2020, the board shall submit |
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| 20 | 22 | | to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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| 21 | 23 | | of representatives, and the chair of each legislative standing |
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| 22 | 24 | | committee with jurisdiction over higher education a report on the |
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| 23 | 25 | | results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or |
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| 24 | 26 | | other action. |
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| 25 | 27 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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| 26 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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