Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3836 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 04/24/2019

                            86R21014 MP-F
 By: Bell of Kaufman, Allen, Allison, Howard, H.B. No. 3836
 Bohac
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3836:
 By:  Talarico C.S.H.B. No. 3836


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the selection of instructional materials by a school
 district or open-enrollment charter school.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 31.101(b), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (b)  In selecting instructional material each year, a school
 district or open-enrollment charter school shall [may] consider the
 use of open education resource instructional materials.
 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, 2019.