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AN ACT
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relating to student access to public school instructional materials |
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and technology. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 26.006, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A student's parent is entitled to request that the |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school the student |
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attends allow the student to take home any instructional materials |
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used by the student. Subject to the availability of the |
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instructional materials, the district or school shall honor the |
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request. A student who takes home instructional materials must |
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return the instructional materials to school at the beginning of |
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the next school day if requested to do so by the student's teacher. |
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A school district or open-enrollment charter school must provide |
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the instructional materials to the student in printed format if the |
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student does not have reliable access to technology at the |
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student's home. In this subsection, "instructional material" has |
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the meaning assigned by Section 31.002. |
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(d) The requirement under Subsection (c) to provide to a |
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student instructional materials in a prin |
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ted format does not |
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require a school district or open-enrollment charter school to |
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purchase printed copies of instructional materials that the |
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district or school otherwise would not purchase. A district or |
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school may comply with Subsection (c) by providing the student a |
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printout of the relevant electronic instructional materials. |
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SECTION 2. Section 26.006, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. |
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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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 391 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 15, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 391 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 8, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 391 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |