88R13663 CXP-F
By: Leo-Wilson H.B. No. 4097
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptable uses of the instructional materials and
technology fund and the review of certain instructional materials
by the State Board of Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.021(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Money in the state instructional materials and
technology fund shall be used to:
(1) fund the instructional materials and technology
allotment, as provided by Section 31.0211;
(2) purchase special instructional materials for the
education of blind and visually impaired students in public
schools;
(3) pay the expenses associated with the instructional
materials adoption and review process under this chapter;
(4) pay the expenses associated with the purchase or
licensing of open education resource instructional material;
(5) pay the expenses associated with the purchase of
instructional material, including freight and shipping and the
insurance expenses associated with freight and shipping;
(6) fund the technology lending grant program
established under Section 32.301;
(7) provide funding to the Texas School for the Blind
and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas
Juvenile Justice Department; [and]
(8) pay the expenses associated with the instructional
materials web portal developed under Section 31.081; and
(9) pay the expenses associated with the review of
instructional materials under Section 31.0222.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.0222 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.0222. REVIEW OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL NOT
SUBMITTED BY PUBLISHER. (a) At any time, the State Board of
Education may review an instructional material not submitted by a
publisher. A review under this section does not require a board
proclamation.
(b) A review under this section must:
(1) include a determination of the percentage of the
elements of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject and
grade level covered for the instructional material as provided
under Section 31.023(a-1); and
(2) be made available to school districts and the
public.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.