Senate Bill sb1838

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1838

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-1651-03                                          See HB 819

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to instructional materials for

  3         K-12 public education; amending s. 1006.37,

  4         F.S.; requiring publishers to provide and price

  5         adopted instructional materials on an

  6         individual basis for purchase by school

  7         districts; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising

  8         provisions relating to the issuance of purchase

  9         orders; 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 (3) is added to section 1006.37,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         1006.37  Requisition of instructional materials from

16  publisher's depository.--

17         (3)  Publishers shall provide and price adopted

18  instructional materials on an individual basis so that school

19  districts may purchase core subject area textbooks or other

20  core subject area materials individually at a reduced price in

21  lieu of purchase as part of an adopted package or bundle.

22         Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 1006.40, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         1006.40  Use of instructional materials allocation;

25  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;

26  repair of books.--

27         (6)  District school boards may issue purchase orders

28  subsequent to February 1 in an aggregate amount which does not

29  exceed 90 20 percent of the current year's allocation, and

30  subsequent to April 1 in an aggregate amount which does not

31  exceed 90 percent of the current year's allocation, for the

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1838
    27-1651-03                                          See HB 819




  1  purpose of expediting the delivery of instructional materials

  2  which are to be paid for from the ensuing year's allocation.

  3         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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