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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption of public school textbooks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.023, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 31.023. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND TEXTBOOK LISTS. |
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(a) For each subject and grade level, the State Board of Education |
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shall adopt textbooks that contain all elements of the essential |
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knowledge and skills of the subject and grade level, as determined |
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by the State Board of Education under Section 28.002, in the student |
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versions of the textbooks, as well as in the teacher versions of the |
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textbooks. |
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(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt two lists of |
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textbooks as provided by this section. |
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(c) The conforming list includes each textbook submitted |
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for the subject and grade level that: |
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(1) meets applicable physical specifications adopted |
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by the State Board of Education; |
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(2) [and] contains material covering all elements |
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[each element] of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject |
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and grade level in the student version of the textbook, as well as |
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in the teacher version of the textbook; [as determined by the State
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Board of Education under Section 28.002] and |
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(3) is adopted under Section 31.024. |
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(d) The nonconforming list includes each textbook submitted |
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for the subject and grade level that: |
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(1) meets applicable physical specifications adopted |
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by the State Board of Education; |
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(2) contains material covering at least half, but not |
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all, of the elements of the essential knowledge and skills of the |
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subject and grade level in the student version of the textbook, as |
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well as in the teacher version of the textbook; and |
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(3) is adopted under Section 31.024. |
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(e) [(b)] Each textbook on a conforming or nonconforming |
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list must be free from factual errors. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.023, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a textbook adopted by the State Board of |
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Education on or after the effective date of this Act. A textbook |
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adopted by the State Board of Education before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time of adoption, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007 |
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