Texas Education Code

§ 31.151 — DUTIES OF PUBLISHERS AND MANUFACTURERS

ED § 31.151Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 31. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY · Art. D. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND PENAL PROVISIONS

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(a)A publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials:

(1)shall furnish any instructional material the publisher or manufacturer offers in this state at a price that does not exceed the lowest price at which the publisher offers that instructional material for adoption or sale to any state, public school, or school district in the United States;

(2)shall automatically reduce the price of instructional material sold for use in a school district or open-enrollment charter school to the extent that the price is reduced elsewhere in the United States;

(3)shall provide any instructional material or ancillary item free of charge in this state to the same extent that the publisher or manufacturer provides the instructional material or ancillary item free of charge to any state, public school, or school district in the United States;

(4)may not include in the price of instructional material a freight and shipping cost that:

(A)exceeds the actual cost of delivering the instructional material, as determined based on the standard rate published by the carrier for the specified delivery method of the instructional material; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 2488), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 57, eff. July 19, 2011. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 31, eff. June 9, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 19, eff. June 12, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.021, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 45, eff. June 13, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 51(15), eff. June 13, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 474 (H.B. 5515), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.