Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
Subtitle F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES |
Chapter 31. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS |
Subchapter B-1. STATE-DEVELOPED OPEN-SOURCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS |
Sec. 31.075. OWNERSHIP; LICENSING
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(a) State-developed open-source instructional material is the property of the state.
(b) The commissioner shall provide a license to each public school in the state, including a school district, an open-enrollment charter school, and a state or local agency educating students in any grade from prekindergarten through high school, to use and reproduce state-developed open-source instructional material.
(c) The commissioner may provide a license to use state-developed open-source instructional material to an entity not listed in Subsection (b). In determining the cost of a license under this subsection, the commissioner shall seek, to the extent feasible, to recover the costs of developing, revising, and distributing state-developed open-source instructional materials.