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Texas Education Code - Chapter 31 TextbooksLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 31 Textbooks Textbooks selected for use in the public schools shall be furnished without cost to the students attending those schools. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ... In this chapter: (1) "Electronic textbook" means computer software, interactive videodisc, magnetic media, CD-ROM, computer courseware, on-line services, an electronic medium, or other means of ... The State Board of Education may adopt rules, consistent with this chapter, for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of textbooks. Added by ... (a) The state textbook fund consists of: (1) an amount set aside by the State Board of Education from the available school fund; (2) all ... (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a review and adoption cycle for textbooks for elementary grade levels, including prekindergarten, and secondary grade levels, ... (a) For each subject and grade level, the State Board of Education shall adopt two lists of textbooks. The conforming list includes each textbook submitted ... (a) By majority vote, the State Board of Education shall: (1) place each submitted textbook on a conforming or nonconforming list; or (2) reject a ... (a) The State Board of Education shall set a limit on the cost that may be paid from the state textbook fund for a textbook ... (a) The State Board of Education shall execute a contract: (1) for the purchase of each adopted textbook other than an electronic textbook; and (2) ... (a) A publisher shall provide each school district and open-enrollment charter school with information that fully describes each of the publisher's adopted textbooks. On request ... (a) The State Board of Education may purchase special textbooks for the education of blind and visually impaired students in public schools. In addition, for ... The board shall purchase or otherwise acquire textbooks for use in bilingual education classes. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. ... The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that used textbooks sold to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools are not sample copies ... Text of section effective until August 15, 2009 (a) This section applies only if the pilot project established under Section 54.2161 is implemented. (b) From ... (a) Each year, during a period established by the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of each school district and the governing body ... (a) Each textbook purchased as provided by this chapter is the property of this state. (b) Subsection (a) applies to an electronic textbook only to ... (a) Not later than the seventh day after the first school day in April, each principal shall report the maximum attendance for the school to ... If a school district or open-enrollment charter school does not have a sufficient number of copies of a textbook used by the district or school ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may delegate to an employee the authority ... The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may sell textbooks, other than electronic textbooks, to a ... In addition to any textbook selected under this chapter, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may use local funds to purchase any textbooks. Added ... (a) A publisher or manufacturer of textbooks: (1) shall furnish any textbook the publisher or manufacturer offers in this state, at a price that does ... (a) A school trustee, administrator, or teacher commits an offense if that person receives any commission or rebate on any textbooks used in the schools ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates any law providing for the purchase or distribution of free textbooks for the public ... (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Education, may provide for the disposition of: (1) textbooks, other than electronic textbooks, that ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |