School districts and open-enrollment charter schools must use the commissioner’s online requisition program for instructional materials; publishers or manufacturers must fill agency-approved requisitions.
Sec. 31.103. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REQUISITIONS. (a) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6, Sec. 67(10), eff. July 19, 2011. (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall make a requisition for instructional material using the online requisition program maintained by the commissioner. The publisher or manufacturer shall fill a requisition approved by the agency. (c) In making a requisition under this section, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may requisition instructional materials for grades above the grade level in which a student is enrolled. (d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that selects open education resource instructional material shall requisition a sufficient number of printed copies for use by students unable to access the instructional material electronically unless the district or school provides to each student: (1) electronic access to the instructional material at no cost to the student; or (2) printed copies of the portion of the instructional material that will be used in the course. (e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6, Sec. 67(10), eff. July 19, 2011. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 129, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 805, Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 52, eff. July 19, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 53, eff. July 19, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 67(10), eff. July 19, 2011. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 29, eff. June 9, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.08, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 44, eff. June 13, 2023.