Bill Text: TX SB801 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB801 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB801-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 801 | ||
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| relating to the instructional material list and supplemental | ||
| instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.023(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) Each instructional material on the list must be: | ||
| (1) free from factual errors; | ||
| (2) suitable for the subject and grade level for which | ||
| the instructional material was submitted; and | ||
| (3) reviewed by academic experts in the subject and | ||
| grade level for which the instructional material was submitted. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 31.035(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, | ||
| the State Board of Education may adopt supplemental instructional | ||
| materials that are not on the list adopted under Section 31.023. | ||
| The State Board of Education may adopt supplemental instructional | ||
| material under this section only if the instructional material: | ||
| (1) contains material covering one or more primary | ||
| focal points or primary topics of a subject in the required | ||
| curriculum under Section 28.002, as determined by the State Board | ||
| of Education; | ||
| (2) is not designed to serve as the sole instructional | ||
| material for a full course; | ||
| (3) meets applicable physical specifications adopted | ||
| by the State Board of Education; [ |
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| (4) is free from factual errors; | ||
| (5) is suitable for the subject and grade level; and | ||
| (6) is reviewed by academic experts in the subject and | ||
| grade level. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 31.023(b) and 31.035(a), Education | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an instructional | ||
| material list or supplemental instructional material adopted on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. An instructional material | ||
| list or supplemental instructional material adopted before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
| instructional material list or supplemental instructional material | ||
| was adopted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 801 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
| May 26, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
| requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2017, House | ||
| granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted | ||
| Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 26, | ||
| Nays 4. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 801 passed the House, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 106, | ||
| Nays 38, two present not voting; May 26, 2017, House granted | ||
| request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
| May 28, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 78, Nays 62, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
