Sec. 31.102.  TITLE AND CUSTODY; SCHOOL DISTRICT PURCHASES.  (a)  Each instructional material purchased as provided by this chapter for a school district or an open-enrollment charter school is the property of the district or school.
(b)  Subsection (a) applies to electronic instructional material only to the extent of any applicable licensing agreement.
(c)  The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school shall distribute printed instructional material to students in the manner that the board or governing body determines is most effective and economical.
(d)  A school district is not required to use a method provided by Section 44.031(a) to purchase instructional materials that have been reviewed by the agency under Section 31.023 and included on the list of approved instructional materials maintained by the State Board of Education under Section 31.022.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 51, eff. July 19, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 42, eff. June 13, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 43, eff. June 13, 2023.