Senate Bill 1006

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1006

    By the Committee on Education





    304-878-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to instructional materials;

  3         amending s. 233.25, F.S., requiring publishers

  4         and manufacturers to retain instructional

  5         materials in a depository for a specified

  6         period of time; amending s. 233.34, F.S.;

  7         allowing certain school districts to use

  8         certain funds to purchase instructional

  9         materials; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (12) of section 233.25, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended, present subsections (13) and (14) of

15  that section are redesignated as subsections (15) and (16),

16  respectively, and new subsections (13) and (14) are added to

17  that section to read:

18         233.25  Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of

19  publishers and manufacturers of instructional

20  materials.--Publishers and manufacturers of instructional

21  materials, or their representatives, shall:

22         (12)  Maintain, or contract with, a depository in the

23  state and maintain there an inventory sufficient to receive

24  and fill orders for instructional materials.

25         (13)  Maintain in the depository for no longer than 2

26  years textbooks in an amount sufficient to receive and fill

27  orders.

28         (14)  Maintain in the depository for no longer than 1

29  year ancillary instructional materials in an amount sufficient

30  to receive and fill orders.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1006
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  1         Section 2.  Present subsections (3), (4), (5), and (6)

  2  of section 233.34, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

  3  subsection (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new

  4  subsection (3) is added to that section to read:

  5         233.34  Use of instructional materials allocation;

  6  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;

  7  repair of books.--

  8         (3)  Each school district that meets the current and

  9  previous terms of adoption for instructional materials may use

10  up to 75 percent of its annual allocation for the purchase of

11  any instructional materials, including technology. However,

12  the funds available under this subsection to school districts

13  for the purchase of materials not on the state adopted list

14  may not be used to purchase electronic or computer hardware,

15  even if the hardware is bundled with software or other

16  electronic media, nor may the funds be used to purchase

17  equipment or supplies.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Requires publishers and manufacturers of instructional
      materials to maintain them for a specified period of
23    time. Allows a qualified school district to use a
      percentage of its annual allocation for the purchase of
24    any instructional materials.

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