{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-31.0711","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 31.0711","heading":"CONTENT NOT OWNED BY STATE.","body":"Open education resource instructional material made available under this subchapter may include content not owned by the state and for which preexisting rights may exist if the content:\n(1) is in the public domain;\n(2) may be used under a limitation or exception to copyright law, including a limitation under Section 107, Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. Section 107);\n(3) has been made available by the copyright owner under a Creative Commons license or another intellectual property license that allows for free use, reuse, modification, or sharing as described by Section 31.07101; or\n(4) is licensed to the state under another license that:\n(A) grants access to and allows for use of the material by students, teachers, educators, and other education professionals;\n(B) permits access, use, public display, public performance, public distribution, and copying of the material for noncommercial or educational purposes; and\n(C) is for a term of use acceptable to the commissioner to ensure a useful life of the material.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 942 (S.B. 1784), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2017.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 1605), Sec. 30, eff. June 13, 2023.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 31. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY","SUBCHAPTER B-1. OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.31.htm#31.0711","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"1d13eb66d637af1ca8e463db52a437ba793c09c5148bf15bb819e418f5279b01","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-31.07101","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-31.0712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}