The Florida Senate

233.17  Term of adoption for instructional materials.--

(1)  The term of adoption of any instructional materials must be an 8-year period beginning on April 1 following the adoption, except for the core subject areas which include mathematics, science, social studies, reading, and literature which shall be for a term not to exceed 6 years beginning on April 1 following the adoption. Any contract for instructional materials may be extended as prescribed in s. 233.16(3). The Commissioner of Education may approve terms of adoption of less than 8 years for materials in content areas which require more frequent revision.

(2)  Any contract placing an instructional material on adoption for 4 or more years shall provide that a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials may, at the end of the third year during the term of the contract, upon giving 60 days' notification, increase such contract price to the publisher's or manufacturer's then-current lowest wholesale price at which the materials are then being offered to any state or school district in the United States, except that such adjustment shall not exceed the percentage by which the consumer price index as determined by the United States Department of Labor has increased during the time the contract has been in force. Such price increase shall remain in effect for the remaining term of the contract, unless the contract price is increased as permitted above.

(3)  The department shall publish annually an official schedule of subject areas to be called for adoption for each of the succeeding 2 years, and a tentative schedule for years 3, 4, 5, and 6. If extenuating circumstances warrant, the Commissioner of Education may order the department to add one or more subject areas to the official schedule, in which event the commissioner shall develop criteria for such additional subject area or areas pursuant to s. 229.512(18) and make them available to publishers as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 229.512(18), the criteria for such additional subject area or areas may be provided to publishers less than 24 months before the date on which bids are due. The schedule shall be developed so as to promote balance among the subject areas so that the required expenditure for new instructional materials is approximately the same each year in order to maintain curricular consistency.

History.--s. 717, ch. 19355, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 892(229); s. 14, ch. 59-282; s. 2, ch. 65-47; s. 9, ch. 74-337; s. 1, ch. 77-358; s. 5, ch. 80-125; s. 70, ch. 84-336; s. 4, ch. 89-189; s. 129, ch. 97-190; s. 6, ch. 97-285; s. 102, ch. 99-2; s. 19, ch. 99-398.