HBA-MPM H.B. 646 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 646 By: Howard Public Education 2/11/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current state law allows school districts to use funds from the state textbook fund to purchase textbooks that are not on the state-adopted list if the districts use the textbooks in the enrichment curriculum and the district supplies 30 percent of the cost of the textbook from local funds. H.B. 646 allows districts to buy textbooks that are not on the state-adopted list for courses in both the foundation and enrichment curricula. It also allows districts to purchase these books with 100 percent state funding, as long as the textbooks do not exceed the average cost of books on the stateadopted list. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 31.101(a) and (b), Education Code, to make notification provisions related to textbook selection applicable to the foundation curriculum as well as the enrichment curriculum. Requires the state to pay the district or school the same amount the state would pay under this chapter if the district or school had selected a textbook on the conforming or nonconforming list, if the district or school selects a textbook that is not on the conforming or nonconforming list. Deletes language specifying that the amount be equal to the lesser of 70 percent of the cost of the textbook, or 70 percent of the limitation established under Section 31.025 (Limitation on Cost), multiplied by the number of textbooks required by the district or school. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Redesignates (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) to (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.