Bill Text: TX HB177 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB177-Introduced.html
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| By: Swanson | H.B. No. 177 | |
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| relating to the purchase of online library resources for primary | ||
| and secondary schools by the Texas State Library and Archives | ||
| Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 441, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 441.231 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 441.231. ONLINE LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR PRIMARY AND | ||
| SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (a) The commission shall use funds | ||
| appropriated to the commission or consortium services fees | ||
| collected from school districts under Section 441.224(b) to | ||
| purchase online library resources for primary and secondary schools | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) meet the standards adopted by the State Board of | ||
| Education under this section; and | ||
| (2) have adopted Internet safety policies and | ||
| technology protection measures meeting the requirements for | ||
| certification under 47 U.S.C. Sections 254(h)(5)(B) and (C). | ||
| (b) The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt | ||
| standards for online library resources purchased under Subsection | ||
| (a). | ||
| (c) The commission may purchase online library resources | ||
| under Subsection (a) only if the vendor providing the resources | ||
| certifies that the resources comply with: | ||
| (1) the standards adopted by the State Board of | ||
| Education under this section; and | ||
| (2) 47 U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5). | ||
| (d) If the State Board of Education finds that a vendor | ||
| subject to Subsection (c) is not substantially complying with the | ||
| standards adopted by the board or the requirements of 47 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 254(h)(5), the board shall notify the vendor of the | ||
| vendor's noncompliance. If the vendor fails to substantially | ||
| comply with the standards and federal law on or before the 90th day | ||
| after the date the vendor receives the notice, the board shall | ||
| notify the commission and the commission may withhold further | ||
| payments to the vendor pending verification of compliance with the | ||
| standards and federal law. | ||
| (e) If a vendor described by Subsection (d) fails to verify | ||
| that the vendor is in compliance with the standards and federal law | ||
| on or before the 180th day after the date the vendor receives the | ||
| notice of noncompliance described by that subsection, the | ||
| commission may consider the vendor's act of noncompliance a breach | ||
| of contract. | ||
| (f) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission | ||
| shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the | ||
| governor a report on any issues related to vendor compliance with: | ||
| (1) standards adopted by the State Board of Education | ||
| under this section; and | ||
| (2) technology protection measures required by 47 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 254(h)(5). | ||
| (g) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish a | ||
| system to promptly and efficiently address complaints filed with | ||
| the board regarding: | ||
| (1) online library resources purchased by the | ||
| commission under Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) vendors providing online library resources | ||
| described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
