Bill Text: TX SB1484 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an instructional materials web portal by the commissioner of education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB1484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1484-Comm_Sub.html
By: Taylor of Galveston, et al. | S.B. No. 1484 | |
(Huberty) | ||
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relating to the creation of an instructional materials web portal | ||
by the commissioner of education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter B-2 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER B-2. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WEB PORTAL | ||
Sec. 31.081. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WEB PORTAL. (a) The | ||
commissioner shall develop and maintain a web portal to assist | ||
school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in selecting | ||
instructional materials under Section 31.101. | ||
(b) The web portal must include general information such as | ||
price, computer system requirements, and any other relevant | ||
specifications for each instructional material: | ||
(1) on the instructional materials list, including the | ||
list adopted under Section 31.0231; or | ||
(2) submitted by a publisher for inclusion in the web | ||
portal. | ||
(c) The commissioner by rule shall establish the procedure | ||
by which a publisher may submit instructional materials for | ||
inclusion in the web portal. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall use a competitive process to | ||
contract for the development of the web portal. | ||
(e) The commissioner shall use money in the state | ||
instructional materials fund to pay any expenses associated with | ||
the web portal. | ||
Sec. 31.082. QUALITY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SUBMITTED | ||
BY PUBLISHER. (a) The commissioner shall contract with a private | ||
entity to conduct an independent analysis of each instructional | ||
material submitted by a publisher for inclusion in the web portal | ||
developed under Section 31.081. The analysis must: | ||
(1) evaluate the quality of the material; and | ||
(2) determine the extent to which the material covers | ||
the essential knowledge and skills identified under Section 28.002 | ||
for the subject and grade level for which the material is intended | ||
to be used, including an identification of: | ||
(A) each of the essential knowledge and skills | ||
for the subject and grade level or levels covered by the material; | ||
and | ||
(B) the percentage of the essential knowledge and | ||
skills for the subject and grade level or levels covered by the | ||
material. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall include in the web portal | ||
developed under Section 31.081 the results of each analysis | ||
conducted under Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 31.083. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REPOSITORY. (a) In | ||
this section, "open educational resource" means a teaching, | ||
learning, or research resource that is in the public domain or has | ||
been released under an intellectual property license that permits | ||
the free use and repurposing of the resource by any person. The | ||
term may include full course curricula, course materials, modules, | ||
textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, | ||
materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall include in the web portal | ||
developed under Section 31.081 a repository of open educational | ||
resources and other electronic instructional materials that school | ||
districts and open-enrollment charter schools may access at no | ||
cost, including state-developed open-source instructional | ||
materials purchased under Subchapter B-1. | ||
(c) A publisher may submit instructional materials for | ||
inclusion in the repository. | ||
Sec. 31.084. RULES. The commissioner may adopt rules as | ||
necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 31.004(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(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-source instructional materials submitted by | ||
eligible institutions and adopted by the State Board of Education | ||
under Section 31.0241; | ||
(4) open-source instructional materials made | ||
available by other public schools; [ |
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(5) instructional materials developed or purchased by | ||
the school district or open-enrollment charter school; and | ||
(6) open educational resources and other electronic | ||
instructional materials included in the repository under Section | ||
31.083. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 31.021(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Money in the state instructional materials fund shall be | ||
used to: | ||
(1) fund the instructional materials 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-source instructional material; | ||
(5) pay the expenses associated with the purchase of | ||
instructional material, including intrastate freight and shipping | ||
and the insurance expenses associated with intrastate freight and | ||
shipping; | ||
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Blind and Visually Impaired, the Texas School for the Deaf, and the | ||
Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and | ||
(7) pay the expenses associated with the instructional | ||
materials web portal developed under Section 31.081. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2018, the | ||
commissioner of education shall develop the web portal required | ||
under Subchapter B-2, Chapter 31, Education Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2017. |