Bill Text: TX HB254 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to purchases made by a school district and open-enrollment charter school using the instructional materials and technology allotment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Public Education [HB254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB254-Introduced.html
| By: Bernal | H.B. No. 254 | |
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| relating to purchases made by a school district and open-enrollment | ||
| charter school using the instructional materials and technology | ||
| allotment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (5) to read as follows: | ||
| (5) “Bundle” means one or more instructional materials, as | ||
| defined by this chapter, that are sold together for one price. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 31, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 31.0216 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.0216. BUNDLING OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. (a) A | ||
| school district or open-enrollment charter school entitled to an | ||
| allotment under Section 31.0211 (a), Education Code shall not | ||
| purchase instructional materials or technology from a publisher or | ||
| vendor that bundles instructional materials. | ||
| (b) It is an exception to the application of this section if | ||
| a school district or open-enrollment charter school deems that the | ||
| bundling of instructional materials or technology from a publisher | ||
| or vendor is beneficial. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
