85R2011 CAE-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 605       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures for the review and selection of certain   instructional materials by public school districts and   open-enrollment charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Education Code, is   amended by adding Sections 31.1011 and 31.1012 to read as follows:          Sec. 31.1011.  LOCAL REVIEW AND SELECTION. (a) Each board   of trustees of a school district and governing body of an   open-enrollment charter school shall adopt procedures for   selecting instructional materials.          (b)  The procedures adopted under Subsection (a) must   include procedures for:                (1)  providing public notice of any instructional   material scheduled for review and selection;                (2)  providing public access, including electronic   access if available, to the instructional material scheduled for   review and selection; and                (3)  conducting a public meeting and allowing public   comment regarding any instructional material scheduled for review   and selection.          (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the procedures   adopted must grant public access to the instructional material for   at least 30 days before the date the district or school officially   selects the instructional material.          Sec. 31.1012.  ADDITIONAL LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING FOR   INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL THAT INCLUDES COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS   MATERIAL. (a) In this section:                (1)  "Common core state standards" has the meaning   assigned by Section 28.002(b-1).                (2)  "Parent" includes a person standing in parental   relation.          (b)  If any instructional material selected by a school   district or open-enrollment charter school includes common core   state standards material, a parent of a student enrolled in the   district or school may request that the district or school conduct a   public meeting specifically addressing the selection of that   instructional material in addition to the public meeting required   under Section 31.1011.          (c)  The board of trustees of a school district or the   governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall schedule   the additional public meeting under this section not later than the   10th day after the date a parent requests the meeting under   Subsection (b). The district or school shall:                (1)  provide public notice of the meeting;                (2)  provide public access, including electronic   access if available, to the instructional material that includes   the common core state standards material; and                (3)  allow public comment regarding the instructional   material that includes the common core state standards material.           (d)  After a school district or open-enrollment charter   school has conducted the additional public meeting required under   this section, a parent of a student enrolled in the district or   school may request that the district or school remove the   instructional material that includes the common core state   standards material from the selected list of the district or   school.          (e)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   shall remove any instructional material that includes common core   state standards material from the selected list of the district or   school on the request of a parent under Subsection (d).          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, 2017.