| (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.
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