Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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	1	+	89R1523 TSS-D
1	2		By: Leo Wilson, Buckley, Dutton, H.B. No. 100
2		-	A. Davis of Dallas, Plesa, et al.
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	3	+	A. Davis of Dallas, et al.
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7	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	7		AN ACT
9	8		relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional
10	9		materials by public schools.
11	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	11		SECTION 1. Section 31.0211(f), Education Code, is amended
13	12		to read as follows:
14	13		(f) Funds allotted under this section may not be used to
15	14		purchase instructional material that:
16	15		(1) contains obscene or harmful content or would
17	16		otherwise cause the school district to which the funds were
18	17		allotted to be unable to submit the certification required under
19	18		Section 31.1011(a)(1)(B); or
20	19		(2) is on the list of rejected instructional materials
21	20		maintained by the State Board of Education under Section 31.022(a).
22		-	SECTION 2. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by
23		-	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
24		-	(b-1) Not later than the 45th day before the date the State
25		-	Board of Education intends to add an instructional material to the
26		-	list of rejected instructional materials under Subsection (a), the
27		-	board shall add the material to a list of proposed rejected
28		-	instructional materials and issue a proclamation requesting the
29		-	revision of the applicable instructional material before the end of
30		-	the 45-day period.
31		-	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is
	21	+	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is
32	22		amended by adding Section 31.024 to read as follows:
33	23		Sec. 31.024. LIMITATION ON THE ADOPTION AND USE OF
34	24		INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL. A school district may not adopt or
35	25		otherwise use instructional material included on the list of
36	26		rejected instructional materials maintained by the State Board of
37	27		Education under Section 31.022(a).
38		-	SECTION 4. Section 31.073, Education Code, is amended by
	28	+	SECTION 3. Section 31.073, Education Code, is amended by
39	29		adding Subsection (b) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
40	30		follows:
41	31		(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
42	32		only adopt or otherwise use an open education resource
43	33		instructional material that is not included on the list of rejected
44	34		instructional materials maintained by the State Board of Education
45	35		under Section 31.022(a).
46	36		(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
47	37		adopt open education resource instructional material that complies
48	38		with Subsection (b) at any time.
49		-	SECTION 5. Section 31.106, Education Code, is amended to
	39	+	SECTION 4. Section 31.106, Education Code, is amended to
50	40		read as follows:
51	41		Sec. 31.106. USE OF LOCAL FUNDS. In addition to any
52	42		instructional material selected under this chapter, a school
53	43		district or open-enrollment charter school may use local funds to
54	44		purchase any instructional materials not included on the list of
55	45		rejected instructional materials maintained by the State Board of
56	46		Education under Section 31.022(a).
57		-	SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
	47	+	SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
58	48		school year.
59		-	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	49	+	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	50		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	51		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	52		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	53		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.