Sec. 31.026. CONTRACT; PRICE. (a) The State Board of Education shall execute a contract for the purchase or licensing of each adopted instructional material.
(b) A contract must require the publisher to provide the number of instructional materials required by school districts in this state for the term of the contract, which must coincide with the board's adoption cycle.
(c) As applicable, a contract must provide for the purchase or licensing of instructional material at a specific price, which may not exceed the lowest price paid by any other state or any school or school district. The price must be fixed for the term of the contract.
(d) This section does not apply to open education resource instructional material.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 32, eff. July 19, 2011.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 18, eff. June 9, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services
Chapter 31 - Instructional Materials
Subchapter B. State Funding, Adoption, and Purchase
Section 31.021. State Instructional Materials and Technology Fund
Section 31.0211. Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment
Section 31.0212. Instructional Materials and Technology Account
Section 31.0213. Certification of Use of Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment
Section 31.0214. Adjustment for High Enrollment Growth Districts
Section 31.0215. Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment Purchases
Section 31.022. Instructional Materials Review and Adoption
Section 31.0221. Midcycle Review and Adoption of Instructional Materials
Section 31.023. Instructional Material List
Section 31.0231. Commissioner's List
Section 31.024. Adoption by State Board of Education
Section 31.0241. Adoption of Open Education Resource Instructional Materials
Section 31.0242. Review of Open Education Resource Instructional Material
Section 31.026. Contract; Price
Section 31.0261. Contracts for Printing of Open Education Resource Instructional Materials
Section 31.027. Information to School Districts; Electronic Sample
Section 31.028. Special Instructional Materials
Section 31.029. Bilingual Instructional Materials
Section 31.030. Used Instructional Materials