TITLE: Relating to the adoption and permanent student ownership of low-cost mathematics and science instructional material.

SUMMARY: Relating to the adoption and permanent student ownership of low-cost mathematics and science instructional material.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the adoption and permanent student ownership of low-cost mathematics and science instructional material. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 31.023, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) The State Board of Education may adopt a list of mathematics and science instructional material that may be offered to school districts at a low cost. The board may adopt rules for the review and adoption of instructional material under this subsection. Sections 31.022, 31.0221, 31.026, and 31.027 do not apply to instructional material adopted under this subsection. SECTION 2. Section 31.102(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Section 31.104(i), each [Each] instructional material purchased as provided by this chapter for a school district or an open-enrollment charter school is the property of the district or school. SECTION 3. Section 31.104, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: (c) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (g) and (i),a student must return all instructional materials to the teacher at the end of the school year or when the student withdraws from school. (i) At the end of the school year, instructional material adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 31.023(c) and purchased by a school district or open-enrollment charter school as a low-cost mathematics or science instructional material becomes the property of the student to whom it was distributed. A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not charge a fee under this subsection. SECTION 4. 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.