88R6114 CXP-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 654
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the disclosure of public school curricula and
teaching materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.0061 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.0061. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE REGARDING CURRICULA AND
TEACHING MATERIALS. (a) In this section, "teaching material"
includes:
(1) instructional material, as that term is defined by
Section 31.002;
(2) supplemental material;
(3) teaching aids; and
(4) any other material a student is given the option to
select for the student's instruction.
(b) Subject to Subsection (d), not later than the seventh
day before the date curricula or teaching materials will be
implemented, assigned, distributed, or otherwise presented to
students, each school district and open-enrollment charter school
shall make those items available to the public on the district's or
school's Internet website, disaggregated by subject area and grade
level.
(c) Information posted to a school district's or
open-enrollment charter school's Internet website under Subsection
(b) must be maintained on the website for not less than 10 years.
(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
must make curricula and teaching materials described by Subsection
(b) available in a manner that complies with copyright law and
otherwise prevents the items from being copied. Items that cannot
be made available on the district's or school's Internet website
must be made available for review by parents in accordance with
Section 26.006.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.