85R1996 KJE-D     By: Canales H.B. No. 213       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requirements regarding electronic access to   instructional materials provided in printed book format purchased   for public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 31.036 to read as follows:          Sec. 31.036.  ACCESS TO PRINTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN   ELECTRONIC FORMAT. (a) This section applies only to instructional   materials or supplemental instructional materials provided in   printed book format.          (b)  The publisher of instructional materials or   supplemental instructional materials subject to this section   purchased as provided by this chapter for a school district shall   provide the district at no additional cost with access to the   materials in an electronic format as provided by this section.          (c)  Instructional materials or supplemental instructional   materials may be accessed in an electronic format under this   section only for educational purposes by:                (1)  students enrolled in a course or subject for which   the materials were purchased for the purpose of completing that   course or subject and only for the period during which the student   is enrolled;                (2)  teachers providing instruction in a course or   subject for which the materials were purchased for the purpose of   providing that instruction and only for the period during which the   materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or   subject; and                (3)  school and district administrators for a district   campus at which a course or subject for which the materials were   purchased is provided and only for the period during which the   materials in printed book format are assigned for that course or   subject.          (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this   section.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials   purchased under a contract entered into on or after the effective   date of this Act. Instructional materials or supplemental   instructional materials purchased under a contract entered into   before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in   effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law   is continued in effect for that purpose.          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, 2017.