HB 0231 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to instructional materials for K-12 public
3	education; authorizing a pilot program to enable selected
4	school districts to realize cost savings in the purchase
5	of instructional materials; requiring a report to the
6	Legislature; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.The Department of Education is authorized to
11	conduct a pilot program to enable selected school districts to
12	realize cost savings in the purchase of instructional materials.
13	The school districts of Hernando County, Pasco County, and
14	Hillsborough County shall participate in the pilot program.
15	Charter schools in each such school district shall be eligible
16	to participate in the pilot program. For purposes of the pilot
17	program, the Department of Education may waive the requirements
18	of s. 1006.37, Florida Statutes, relating to the requisition of
19	instructional materials from publisher depositories. The
20	Department of Education shall submit to the President of the
21	Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for
22	consideration during the 2004 Regular Session a report of the
23	cost savings per school district and recommendations for
24	potential cost savings to school districts based on results of
25	the pilot program.
26	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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