88R12574 JES-D
By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposal of certain instructional materials by a
public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.105(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The board of trustees of a school district or governing
body of an open-enrollment charter school may dispose of printed
instructional material before the date the instructional material
is discontinued for use in the public schools by the State Board of
Education if the board of trustees or governing body determines
that the instructional material is not needed by the district or
school and the board of trustees or governing body does not
reasonably expect that the instructional material will be
needed. [A district or school must notify the commissioner of any
instructional material the district or school disposes of under
this subsection.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.