89R5914 AND-D
By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1444
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a school district's purchase of instructional materials
using funds allotted under the instructional materials and
technology allotment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.0211(c), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Funds allotted under this section may be used to:
(1) purchase:
(A) instructional materials[, regardless of
whether the instructional materials are] on the list of approved
instructional materials maintained by the State Board of Education
under Section 31.022;
(B) consumable instructional materials,
including workbooks;
(C) instructional materials for use in bilingual
education classes, as provided by Section 31.029;
(D) instructional materials for use in college
preparatory courses under Section 28.014, as provided by Section
31.031;
(E) supplemental instructional materials;
(F) open education resource instructional
materials, as provided by Subchapter B-1;
(G) instructional materials and technological
equipment under any continuing contracts of the district in effect
on September 1, 2011;
(H) technological equipment necessary to support
the use of any instructional materials purchased with an allotment
under this section;
(I) inventory software or systems for storing,
managing, and accessing instructional materials and analyzing the
usage and effectiveness of the instructional materials; and
(J) services, equipment, and technology
infrastructure necessary to ensure Internet connectivity and
adequate bandwidth; and
(2) pay:
(A) for training educational personnel directly
involved in student learning in the appropriate use of
instructional materials and for providing for access to
technological equipment for instructional use;
(B) for training personnel in the electronic
administration of assessment instruments;
(C) the salary and other expenses of an employee
who provides technical support for the use of technological
equipment directly involved in student learning; and
(D) for costs associated with distance learning,
including Wi-Fi, Internet access hotspots, wireless network
service, broadband service, and other services and technological
equipment necessary to facilitate Internet access.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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, 2025.