Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Standards under
this section apply to any publisher that supplies instructional materials that
are reviewed by a review panel under Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.022
and §31.023, and placed on the list of approved instructional materials by
the State Board of Education (SBOE) as outlined in TEC, §
31.022.
(b) Standards under this section apply to any
instructional materials, including:
(1)
full-subject tier one instructional material;
(2) open education resource instructional
material;
(3) partial-subject tier
one instructional material; and
(4)
supplemental instructional material.
(c) A publisher must host an instructional
materials parent portal that:
(1) includes in
the portal all components placed on the list of instructional materials
approved by the SBOE, including teacher- and student-facing materials,
excluding materials outlined in TEC, §
31.154(c);
(2) for each school district or
open-enrollment charter school that purchases the instructional materials,
makes the parent portal capable of single-sign-on with the learning management
system or online learning portal used by the district or charter school to
assign, distribute, present, or make available instructional materials as
defined by TEC, §
31.002, to students.
If a publisher is unable to make instructional materials operational at the
time of purchase by a school district or open-enrollment charter school, the
publisher has 60 days from the date of purchase to make its portal operational
with the learning management system of the school district or charter school
that purchased the materials;
(3)
for instructional materials not available in a digital format, contains the
instructional materials component International Standard Book Number (ISBN) or
part number, title, edition, and author to allow a parent to locate a physical
copy of the material;
(4) allows
access beginning not later than 30 days before the school year begins and
concluding not earlier than 30 days after the school year ends;
(5) optimizes the portal for viewing on large
monitors, laptops, tablets, and smartphone devices; and
(6) meets Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) identified in the associated proclamation or annual request
for instructional materials for review and any technical standards required by
the Federal Rehabilitation Act, Section 508.
(d) A publisher hosting an instructional
materials parent portal may not:
(1) include
any instructional materials as defined by TEC, §
31.002, that were not
reviewed and placed on the approved materials list; or
(2) include any instructional materials on
the portal that would undermine, subvert, or impede any local education agency
or open-enrollment charter school from complying with TEC, §
31.1011.
(e) For instructional materials
that do not meet the single-sign-on capability requirements within the time
period established under subsection (c)(2) of this section, the Texas Education
Agency shall recommend to the SBOE the removal of the publisher's instructional
materials from the list of approved materials unless the failure to meet the
functionality is due to inaction by the school district or charter school or
the district's or school's learning management system provider. The SBOE may
remove the publisher's material from the approved list.
