By: Hall S.B. No. 19               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring the disclosure of certain information   regarding public school teaching materials and activities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 26, Education Code, is amended by adding   Section 26.0061 to read as follows:          Sec. 26.0061.  REQUIRED DISCLOSURE REGARDING TEACHING   MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Activity" includes a presentation, assembly,   lecture, or other event facilitated by a school district, other   than a student presentation.                (2)  "Teaching material" includes:                      (A)  instructional material, as that term is   defined by Section 31.002;                      (B)  teaching aids; and                      (C)  any other material a student is given the   option to select for the student's instruction.          (b)  Subject to Subsection (g), not later than the fifth day   of each month, each school district shall make available to the   public on the district's Internet website:                (1)  a list disaggregated by subject area and grade   level that states all information, including the title, author,   organization, or Internet website, as applicable, necessary to   identify a teaching material or activity that was assigned,   distributed, or otherwise presented to the district's students   during the preceding month in:                      (A)  a course for which students receive academic   credit; or                      (B)  an educational event that the district   requires students to attend or in which a majority of students   participate;                (2)  the district's procedures for documenting,   reviewing, or approving a material or activity described by   Subdivision (1); and                (3)  any changes made in the preceding month to the   procedures described by Subdivision (2).          (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(1), a school district is   not required to list the individual components of teaching   materials produced as a single volume except that for a volume that   contains works by multiple authors, the district shall include in   the list under that subsection:                (1)  a table of contents for the volume; or                (2)  a link to an Internet website that discloses the   title and author of each work included in the volume.          (d)  Information posted to a school district's Internet   website under Subsection (b) must be maintained on the website for   not less than one year.          (e)  A school district may use collaborative online document   or spreadsheet software to prepare or post on the district's   Internet website the information required under Subsection (b).          (f)  This section does not require a school district to   reproduce a material or activity described by Subsection (b)(1).          (g)  This section does not apply to:                (1)  a school district with a student enrollment of   less than 300 students; or                (2)  a material or activity described by Subsection   (b)(1) that is selected independently by teachers employed at a   campus with a student enrollment of less than 50 students for use   only at that campus.          SECTION 2.  Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by   Chapters 262 (H.B. 1597), 464 (S.B. 11), 467 (H.B. 4170), and 943   (H.B. 3), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is   reenacted and amended to read as follows:          (b)  An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:                (1)  a provision of this title establishing a criminal   offense;                (2)  the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;   and                (3)  a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as   applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this   title, relating to:                      (A)  the Public Education Information Management   System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with   this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;                      (B)  criminal history records under Subchapter C,   Chapter 22;                      (C)  reading instruments and accelerated reading   instruction programs under Section 28.006;                      (D)  accelerated instruction under Section   28.0211;                      (E)  high school graduation requirements under   Section 28.025;                      (F)  special education programs under Subchapter   A, Chapter 29;                      (G)  bilingual education under Subchapter B,   Chapter 29;                      (H)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E   or E-1, Chapter 29;                      (I)  extracurricular activities under Section   33.081;                      (J)  discipline management practices or behavior   management techniques under Section 37.0021;                      (K)  health and safety under Chapter 38;                      (L)  public school accountability under   Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;                      (M)  the requirement under Section 21.006 to   report an educator's misconduct;                      (N)  intensive programs of instruction under   Section 28.0213;                      (O)  the right of a school employee to report a   crime, as provided by Section 37.148;                      (P)  bullying prevention policies and procedures   under Section 37.0832;                      (Q)  the right of a school under Section 37.0052   to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a   disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;                      (R)  the right under Section 37.0151 to report to   local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or   harassment;                      (S)  a parent's right to information regarding the   provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's   child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);                      (T)  establishment of residency under Section   25.001;                      (U) [(T)]  school safety requirements under   Sections 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.115,   37.207, and 37.2071;                      (V) [(T)]  the early childhood literacy and   mathematics proficiency plans under Section 11.185; [and]                      (W) [(U)]  the college, career, and military   readiness plans under Section 11.186; and                      (X)  the disclosure of certain information   regarding a teaching material or activity described by Section   26.0061.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022   school year.          SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails   over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,   relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted   codes.          SECTION 5.  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, 2021.