Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R64 SCP-D
2	2	By: Swanson H.B. No. 177
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary
10	10	and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives
11	11	Commission.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Section 441.231 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 441.231. ONLINE LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY AND
16	16	SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (a) The commission shall use funds
17	17	appropriated to the commission or consortium services fees
18	18	collected from school districts under Section 441.224(b) to
19	19	purchase online library resources for primary and secondary schools
20	20	that:
21	21	(1) meet the standards adopted by the State Board of
22	22	Education under this section; and
23	23	(2) have adopted Internet safety policies and
24	24	technology protection measures meeting the requirements for
25	25	certification under 47 U.S.C. Sections 254(h)(5)(B) and (C).
26	26	(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt
27	27	standards for online library resources purchased under Subsection
28	28	(a).
29	29	(c) The commission may purchase online library resources
30	30	under Subsection (a) only if the vendor providing the resources
31	31	certifies that the resources comply with:
32	32	(1) the standards adopted by the State Board of
33	33	Education under this section; and
34	34	(2) 47 U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5).
35	35	(d) If the State Board of Education finds that a vendor
36	36	subject to Subsection (c) is not substantially complying with the
37	37	standards adopted by the board or the requirements of 47 U.S.C.
38	38	Section 254(h)(5), the board shall notify the vendor of the
39	39	vendor's noncompliance. If the vendor fails to substantially
40	40	comply with the standards and federal law on or before the 90th day
41	41	after the date the vendor receives the notice, the board shall
42	42	notify the commission and the commission may withhold further
43	43	payments to the vendor pending verification of compliance with the
44	44	standards and federal law.
45	45	(e) If a vendor described by Subsection (d) fails to verify
46	46	that the vendor is in compliance with the standards and federal law
47	47	on or before the 180th day after the date the vendor receives the
48	48	notice of noncompliance described by that subsection, the
49	49	commission may consider the vendor's act of noncompliance a breach
50	50	of contract.
51	51	(f) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
52	52	shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the
53	53	governor a report on any issues related to vendor compliance with:
54	54	(1) standards adopted by the State Board of Education
55	55	under this section; and
56	56	(2) technology protection measures required by 47
57	57	U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5).
58	58	(g) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish a
59	59	system to promptly and efficiently address complaints filed with
60	60	the board regarding:
61	61	(1) online library resources purchased by the
62	62	commission under Subsection (a); and
63	63	(2) vendors providing online library resources
64	64	described by Subdivision (1).
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.