Sec. 32.301.  ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.  (a)  The commissioner may establish a grant program under which grants are awarded to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement a technology lending program to provide students access to equipment necessary to access and use electronic instructional materials.
(b)  A school district or an open-enrollment charter school may apply to the commissioner to participate in the grant program.  In awarding grants under this subchapter for each school year, the commissioner shall consider:
(1)  the availability of existing equipment to students in the district or school;
(2)  other funding available to the district or school; and
(3)  the district's or school's technology plan.
(c)  The commissioner may determine the terms of a grant awarded under this section, including limits on the grant amount and approved uses of grant funds.
(d)  The commissioner may recover funds not used in accordance with the terms of a grant by withholding amounts from any state funds otherwise due to the school district or open-enrollment charter school.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 705 (H.B. 3526), Sec. 20, eff. June 12, 2017.