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TX Educ Code § 30A.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 30A - State Virtual School Network|Subchapter D. Funding|Section 30A.155. Fees

Sec. 30A.155.  FEES.(a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the state virtual school network to a student who resides in this state and:(1)  is enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school as a full-time student with a course load greater than that normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level in other school districts or open-enrollment charter schools; or(2)  elects to enroll in an electronic course provided through the network for which the school district or open-enrollment charter school in which the student is enrolled as a full-time student declines to pay the cost, as authorized by Section 26.0031(c-1).(a-1)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the state virtual school network during the summer.(b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall charge a fee for enrollment in an electronic course provided through the state virtual school network to a student who resides in this state and is not enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school as a full-time student.(c)  The amount of a fee charged a student under Subsection (a), (a-1), or (b) for each electronic course in which the student enrolls through the state virtual school network may not exceed the lesser of:(1)  the cost of providing the course; or(2)  $400.(c-1)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school that is not the course provider may charge a student enrolled in the district or school a nominal fee, not to exceed the amount specified by the commissioner, if the student enrolls in an electronic course provided through the state virtual school network that exceeds the course load normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level.  A juvenile probation department or state agency may charge a comparable fee to a student under the supervision of the department or agency.(d)  Except as provided by this section, the state virtual school network may not charge a fee to students for electronic courses provided through the network.(e)  This chapter does not entitle a student who is not enrolled on a full-time basis in a school district or open-enrollment charter school to the benefits of the Foundation School Program.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1337 (S.B. 1788), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1386 (H.B. 1926), Sec. 23, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 31.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 31.001. Free Instructional Materials

Sec. 31.001.  FREE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.  Instructional materials selected for use in the public schools shall be furnished without cost to the students attending those schools.  Except as provided by Section 31.104(d), a school district may not charge a student for instructional material or technological equipment purchased by the district with the district's instructional materials and technology allotment.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 18, eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.003, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 31.002. Definitions

Sec. 31.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Instructional material" means content that conveys the essential knowledge and skills of a subject in the public school curriculum through a medium or a combination of media for conveying information to a student.  The term includes a book, supplementary materials, a combination of a book, workbook, and supplementary materials, computer software, magnetic media, DVD, CD-ROM, computer courseware, on-line services, or an electronic medium, or other means of conveying information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process through electronic means, including open education resource instructional material.(1-a)  "Open education resource instructional material" means teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that allows for free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others, including full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.  The term includes state-developed open education resource instructional material purchased under Subchapter B-1.(2)  "Publisher" includes an on-line service or a developer or distributor of electronic instructional materials.(3)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6, Sec. 67(1), eff. July 19, 2011.(4)  "Technological equipment" means hardware, a device, or equipment necessary for:(A)  instructional use in the classroom, including to gain access to or enhance the use of electronic instructional materials; or(B)  professional use by a classroom teacher.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 19, eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 67(1), eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 2, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 942 (S.B. 1784), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 31.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 31.003. Rules

Sec. 31.003.  RULES.  The State Board of Education may adopt rules, consistent with this chapter, for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional materials.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 20, eff. July 19, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 31.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 31.004. Certification of Provision of Instructional Materials

Sec. 31.004.  CERTIFICATION OF PROVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.  (a)  Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall annually certify to the State Board of Education and the commissioner that, for each subject in the required curriculum under Section 28.002, other than physical education, and each grade level, the district provides each student with instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade level.(b)  To determine whether each student has instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills as required by Subsection (a), a school district or open-enrollment charter school may consider:(1)  instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education;(2)  materials adopted or purchased by the commissioner under Section 31.0231 or Subchapter B-1;(3)  open education resource instructional materials submitted by eligible institutions and adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 31.0241;(4)  open education resource instructional materials made available by other public schools;(5)  instructional materials developed or purchased by the school district or open-enrollment charter school; and(6)  open education resource instructional materials and other electronic instructional materials included in the repository under Section 31.083.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 20, eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 3, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 31.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 31.005. Funding for Open-Enrollment Charter Schools

Sec. 31.005.  FUNDING FOR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS.  An open-enrollment charter school is entitled to the instructional materials and technology allotment under this chapter and is subject to this chapter as if the school were a school district.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 20, eff. July 19, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 4, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 3, eff. June 12, 2017.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.004, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.021. State Instructional Materials and Technology Fund

Sec. 31.021.  STATE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY FUND.  (a)  The state instructional materials and technology fund consists of:(1)  an amount set aside by the State Board of Education from the available school fund, in accordance with Section 43.001(d); and(2)  all amounts lawfully paid into the fund from any other source.(c)  Money in the state instructional materials and technology fund shall be used to:(1)  fund the instructional materials and technology allotment, as provided by Section 31.0211;(2)  purchase special instructional materials for the education of blind and visually impaired students in public schools;(3)  pay the expenses associated with the instructional materials adoption and review process under this chapter;(4)  pay the expenses associated with the purchase or licensing of open education resource instructional material;(5)  pay the expenses associated with the purchase of instructional material, including freight and shipping and the insurance expenses associated with freight and shipping;(6)  fund the technology lending grant program established under Section 32.301;(7)  provide funding to the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and(8)  pay the expenses associated with the instructional materials web portal developed under Section 31.081.(d)  Money transferred to the state instructional materials and technology fund remains in the fund until spent and does not lapse to the state at the end of the fiscal year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 1, 2, eff. May 26, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 20, eff. June 10, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1339 (S.B. 151), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2005.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1407 (H.B. 4294), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 22, eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 67(2), eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 4, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2017.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.005(a), eff. September 1, 2019.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 724 (H.B. 396), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.0212 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.0212. Instructional Materials and Technology Account

Sec. 31.0212.  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNT.  (a)  The commissioner shall maintain an instructional materials and technology account for each school district.  In the first year of each biennium, the commissioner shall deposit in the account for each district the amount of the district's instructional materials and technology allotment under Section 31.0211.(b)  The commissioner shall pay the cost of instructional materials requisitioned by a school district under Section 31.103 using funds from the district's instructional materials and technology account.(c)  A school district may also use funds in the district's account to purchase electronic instructional materials or technological equipment.  The district shall submit to the commissioner a request for funds for this purpose from the district's account.  The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the documentation a school district must submit to receive funds under this subsection.(d)  Money deposited in a school district's instructional materials and technology account during each state fiscal biennium remains in the account and available for use by the district for the entire biennium.  At the end of each biennium, a district with unused money in the district's account may carry forward any remaining balance to the next biennium.(e)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.  The rules must include a requirement that a school district provide the title and publication information for any instructional materials requisitioned or purchased by the district with the district's instructional materials and technology allotment.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 23, eff. July 19, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 731 (H.B. 1474), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 7, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 8, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.009, eff. September 1, 2019.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.008, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.0213 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.0213. Certification of Use of Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment

Sec. 31.0213.  CERTIFICATION OF USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT.  Each school district shall annually certify to the commissioner that the district's instructional materials and technology allotment has been used only for expenses allowed by Section 31.0211.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 23, eff. July 19, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 9, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 2017.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.010, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.0214 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.0214. Adjustment for High Enrollment Growth Districts

Sec. 31.0214.  ADJUSTMENT FOR HIGH ENROLLMENT GROWTH DISTRICTS.  (a)  Each year the commissioner shall adjust the instructional materials and technology allotment of school districts experiencing high enrollment growth.  The commissioner shall establish a procedure for determining high enrollment growth districts eligible to receive an adjustment under this section and the amount of the instructional materials and technology allotment those districts will receive.(b)  The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 23, eff. July 19, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 10, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 10, eff. June 12, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.011, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.0215 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.0215. Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment Purchases

Sec. 31.0215.  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT PURCHASES.  (a)  The commissioner shall, as early as practicable during each biennium, notify each school district and open-enrollment charter school of the estimated amount to which the district or charter school will be entitled under Section 31.0211 during the next fiscal biennium.(b)  The commissioner may allow a school district or open-enrollment charter school to place an order for instructional materials before the beginning of a fiscal biennium and to receive instructional materials before payment.  The commissioner shall limit the cost of an order placed under this section to 80 percent of the estimated amount to which a school district or open-enrollment charter school is estimated to be entitled as provided by Subsection (a) and shall first credit any balance in a district or charter school instructional materials and technology account to pay for an order placed under this section.(c)  The commissioner shall make payments for orders placed under this section as funds become available to the instructional materials and technology fund and shall prioritize payment of orders placed under this section over reimbursement of purchases made directly by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.(d)  The commissioner shall ensure that publishers of instructional materials are informed of any potential delay in payment and that payment is subject to the availability of appropriated funds.  A publisher may decline to accept an order placed under this section.(e)  Chapter 2251, Government Code, does not apply to purchases of instructional materials under this section.(f)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 27, eff. June 10, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 731 (H.B. 1474), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 11, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 12, eff. June 9, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.013, eff. September 1, 2019.Reenacted by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.012, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 31.0221 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.0221. Midcycle Review and Adoption of Instructional Materials

Sec. 31.0221.  MIDCYCLE REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.  (a)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the midcycle review and adoption of instructional material for a subject for which instructional materials are not currently under review by the board under Section 31.022.  The rules must require:(1)  the publisher of the instructional material to pay a fee to the board to cover the cost of the midcycle review and adoption of the instructional material;(2)  the publisher of the instructional material to enter into a contract with the board concerning the instructional material for a term that ends at the same time as any contract entered into by the board for other instructional materials for the same subject and grade level; and(3)  a commitment from the publisher to provide the instructional material to school districts in the manner specified by the publisher, which may include:(A)  providing the instructional material to any district in a regional education service center area identified by the publisher; or(B)  providing a certain maximum number of instructional materials specified by the publisher.(b)  Sections 31.023 and 31.024 apply to instructional material adopted under this section.  Section 31.027 does not apply to instructional material adopted under this section.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (H.B. 188), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 25, eff. July 19, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 31.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.023. Instructional Material List

Sec. 31.023.  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL LIST.  (a)  For each subject and grade level, the State Board of Education shall adopt a list of instructional materials.  The list includes each instructional material submitted for the subject and grade level that meets applicable physical specifications adopted by the State Board of Education and contains material covering at least half of the elements of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject and grade level in the student version of the instructional material, as well as in the teacher version of the instructional material, as determined by the State Board of Education under Section 28.002 and adopted under Section 31.024.(a-1)  The State Board of Education shall determine the percentage of the elements of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject and grade level covered by each instructional material submitted.  The board's determination under this subsection is final.(b)  Each instructional material on the list must be:(1)  free from factual errors;(2)  suitable for the subject and grade level for which the instructional material was submitted; and(3)  reviewed by academic experts in the subject and grade level for which the instructional material was submitted.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (H.B. 188), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 26, eff. July 19, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 578 (S.B. 801), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 31.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials|Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase|Section 31.024. Adoption by State Board of Education

Sec. 31.024.  ADOPTION BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.  (a)  By majority vote, the State Board of Education shall:(1)  place each submitted instructional material on the list adopted under Section 31.023; or(2)  reject instructional material submitted for placement on that list.(b)  Not later than December 1 of the year preceding the school year for which the instructional materials for a particular subject and grade level will be purchased under the cycle adopted by the board under Section 31.022, the board shall provide the list of adopted instructional materials to each school district. |Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 28, eff. July 19, 2011.|