Tex. Educ. Code Section 31.154
Instructional Materials Parent Portal

(a)

The State Board of Education shall adopt standards for entities that supply instructional materials reviewed by the agency under Section 31.023 (Instructional Material Review) to make instructional materials supplied by the entity available on a parent portal hosted by the entity.

(b)

An instructional materials parent portal must:

(1)

provide to each parent of a student enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school access to instructional materials, other than tests or exams, that are included in the portal and used by the district or school;

(2)

organize instructional material by unit and in the order in which the material is designed to be used;

(3)

be capable of being searched by key word; and

(4)

for instructional material not available in a digital format, contain sufficient information to allow a parent to locate a physical copy of the material.

(c)

Standards adopted under Subsection (a) may not require:

(1)

a classroom teacher to submit instructional materials developed by the teacher for inclusion in an instructional materials parent portal; or

(2)

an entity hosting an instructional materials parent portal to include tests or exams in the portal.

(d)

To comply with an intellectual property license or other restrictions placed on an instructional material and to maintain security of the information contained in an instructional materials parent portal under this section, a parent may be required, before accessing the portal, to:

(1)

enter a password;

(2)

comply with other user access verification procedures; and

(3)

accept user terms and conditions, which may not limit or exclude access to instructional material based on the uses of the material that would otherwise be permitted under fair use provisions of copyright law.

(e)

An entity that hosts an instructional materials parent portal must comply with requests regarding parental access to the portal made by a school district in compliance with this section or Section 26.006 (Access to Teaching Materials).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 46, eff. June 13, 2023.

Source: Section 31.154 — Instructional Materials Parent Portal, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.­31.­htm#31.­154 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

31.001
Free Instructional Materials 31.002
Definitions 31.003
Rules 31.006
Advisory Committee 31.021
State Instructional Materials and Technology Fund 31.022
State Board of Education Instructional Materials Review and Approval 31.023
Instructional Material Review 31.025
Instructional Material Internet Website 31.026
Contract 31.027
Information to School Districts 31.028
Special Instructional Materials 31.029
Bilingual Instructional Materials 31.030
Used Instructional Materials 31.031
College Preparatory Instructional Materials 31.071
Availability of Open Education Resource Instructional Material 31.072
Content Requirements 31.073
Selection by School District 31.074
Distribution 31.075
State Ownership 31.076
Rules 31.102
Title and Custody 31.103
Instructional Material Requisitions 31.104
Distribution and Handling 31.105
Sale or Disposal of Instructional Materials and Technological Equipment 31.106
Use of Local Funds 31.151
Duties of Publishers and Manufacturers 31.152
Accepting Rebate on Instructional Materials or Technological Equipment 31.153
Violation of Free Instructional Materials Law 31.154
Instructional Materials Parent Portal 31.0205
Funding for Open-enrollment Charter Schools 31.0211
Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment 31.0212
Instructional Materials and Technology Account 31.0214
Adjustment for High Enrollment Growth Districts 31.0215
Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment Purchases 31.0216
Agency Purchase of Instructional Materials and Technology 31.0251
Instructional Material Support 31.0252
Local Review of Classroom Instructional Material 31.0701
References to State-developed Open Education Resource Instructional Material 31.0711
Content Not Owned by State 31.0712
Open Education Resource Advisory Board 31.0721
Review and Release of Open Education Resource Instructional Material 31.0722
Open Education Resource Instructional Materials Repository 31.0751
Open Education Resource Instructional Material Transition Plan 31.0752
Open Education Resource Instructional Material Support Program 31.0753
Teacher Candidate Access and Support Program 31.1011
Certification of Provision of Instructional Materials 31.1012
Report to Agency 31.07101
Free Use, Reuse, Modification, or Sharing License
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Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 31.154’s source at texas​.gov