Bill Text: TX SB348 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB348-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 348 |
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relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction | ||
and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 26.006(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A parent is entitled to: | ||
(1) review all teaching materials, instructional | ||
materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the | ||
parent's child, including while the child is participating in | ||
virtual or remote learning; [ |
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(2) review each test administered to the parent's | ||
child after the test is administered; and | ||
(3) observe virtual instruction while the parent's | ||
child is participating in virtual or remote learning to the same | ||
extent the parent would be entitled to observe in-person | ||
instruction of the child. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 348 passed the Senate on | ||
May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 348 passed the House on | ||
May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |