Sec. 7.059.  MATHEMATICS HOMEWORK AND GRADING SERVICE.  (a)  From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner shall help make available services that assist teachers in providing and grading mathematics homework assignments.  The services may also assist teachers in providing and grading student examinations.
(b)  In helping make the services described by Subsection (a) available, the commissioner shall consider all methods available through advanced technology, especially methods using the Internet, to distribute mathematics homework assignments and to provide immediate assessment of a student's work on the assignment.
(c)  Each homework assignment offered through the service:
(1)  must be created with consideration for the underlying mathematical skills required to be taught at the grade level for which the assignment is designed;
(2)  may be based on a step-by-step procedure for solving mathematical problems provided by the assignment that may be adapted to individual student and instructor needs;
(3)  may be accompanied by a solution to each mathematical problem assigned;
(4)  may be accompanied by other pedagogically valuable material appropriate for a particular student;  and
(5)  to the extent possible, should correlate to an instructional program or programs being used in classrooms in this state.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 834, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.