88R10328 CXP-D     By: Campbell S.B. No. 1567       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring public schools to maintain physical copies of   certain instructional materials.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 31.107 to read as follows:          Sec. 31.107.  REQUIRED PHYSICAL COPIES OF INSTRUCTIONAL   MATERIALS. The board of trustees of each school district and the   governing body of each open-enrollment charter school shall, for   each instructional material selected by the district or school for   a subject in the foundation or enrichment curriculum:                (1)  make available at least one physical copy of the   instructional material in each classroom in which the instructional   material is used;                (2)  provide to each teacher at a district or school who   uses the instructional material in teaching a course a physical   copy of the teacher version of the instructional material, if   available; and                (3)  maintain in the school library at each district or   school campus at which the instructional material is used a number   of physical copies of the instructional material at least equal to   five percent of the total number of students in the grade level in   which the instructional material is used.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   school year.          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, 2023.