Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB348 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2021

                    87R2678 JES-D
 By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 348


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction
 and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 26.006(a), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  A parent is entitled to:
 (1)  review all teaching materials, instructional
 materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the
 parent's child; [and]
 (2)  review each test administered to the parent's
 child after the test is administered; and
 (3)  observe any virtual instruction and review any
 teaching materials, instructional materials, or other teaching
 aids provided to the parent's child while the parent's child is
 participating in virtual or remote learning.
 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, 2021.