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.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 , Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 , Sec. 46, eff. July 19, 2011.