Bill Text: TX HB1206 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permissible uses of the instructional materials and technology allotment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-14 - Referred to Education [HB1206 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1206-Introduced.html
87R1250 CXP-D | ||
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1206 |
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relating to permissible uses of the instructional materials and | ||
technology allotment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.0211(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) Subject to Subsection (d), funds allotted under this | ||
section may be used to: | ||
(1) purchase: | ||
(A) materials on the list adopted by the | ||
commissioner, as provided by Section 31.0231; | ||
(B) instructional materials, regardless of | ||
whether the instructional materials are on the list adopted under | ||
Section 31.024; | ||
(C) consumable instructional materials, | ||
including workbooks; | ||
(D) instructional materials for use in bilingual | ||
education classes, as provided by Section 31.029; | ||
(E) instructional materials for use in college | ||
preparatory courses under Section 28.014, as provided by Section | ||
31.031; | ||
(F) supplemental instructional materials, as | ||
provided by Section 31.035; | ||
(G) state-developed open education resource | ||
instructional materials, as provided by Subchapter B-1; | ||
(H) instructional materials and technological | ||
equipment under any continuing contracts of the district in effect | ||
on September 1, 2011; | ||
(I) technological equipment necessary to support | ||
the use of materials included on the list adopted by the | ||
commissioner under Section 31.0231 or any instructional materials | ||
purchased with an allotment under this section; and | ||
(J) inventory software or systems for storing, | ||
managing, and accessing instructional materials and analyzing the | ||
usage and effectiveness of the instructional materials; and | ||
(2) pay: | ||
(A) for training educational personnel directly | ||
involved in student learning in the appropriate use of | ||
instructional materials and for providing for access to | ||
technological equipment for instructional use; [ |
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(B) the salary and other expenses of an employee | ||
who provides technical support for the use of technological | ||
equipment directly involved in student learning; and | ||
(C) for costs associated with distance learning, | ||
including Wi-Fi, Internet access hotspots, wireless network | ||
service, broadband service, and other services and technological | ||
equipment necessary to facilitate Internet access. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |