Bill Text: TX HB2811 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum, the administration of and reports relating to assessment instruments administered to public school students, the instructional materials allotment, and proclamations for the production of instructional materials.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-25 - Co-sponsor authorized [HB2811 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2811-Introduced.html

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84R11748 CAE-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 2811

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to proclamations issued by the State Board of Education
for instructional materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows:
(1-b) "Proclamation" means a request for production of
new instructional materials issued by the State Board of Education.
SECTION 2. Section 31.022, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) and amending Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(b-1) Proclamations may be issued only during the second
year of a biennium. For any biennium, the board may only issue
proclamations for instructional materials in which the total
projected cost of instructional materials under the proclamations
does not exceed 75 percent of the total amount used to fund the
instructional materials allotment under Section 31.0211 for that
biennium.
(b-2) The board shall issue a proclamation for only
supplemental instructional materials instead of a proclamation for
instructional materials that are not supplemental if the
supplemental instructional materials are sufficient for the
subject addressed in the proclamation.
(f) The board shall amend any proclamation [request for
production] issued for the purchase of instructional materials to
conform to the instructional materials funding levels provided by
the General Appropriations Act for the year of implementation and
to comply with Subsection (b-1).
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.