Tex. Educ. Code § 51.453 · Subchapter I. TEXTBOOKS
TEXTBOOK ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To the extent practicable, an institution of higher education shall make reasonable efforts to disseminate to its students information regarding:
(1) available institutional programs for renting textbooks or for purchasing used textbooks;
(2) available institutional guaranteed textbook buyback programs;
(3) available institutional programs for alternative delivery of textbook content;
(4) the availability of courses and sections of courses that require or recommend only open educational resources; and
(5) other available institutional textbook cost-savings strategies.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 213 (H.B. 33), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 810), Sec. 37, eff. June 9, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 7e4949491f9dd14c71e42bb7b407fe4067fbb0af7decea54b5812d97357a3068
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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