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2 An act relating to instructional materials for
3 K-12 public education; authorizing the
4 Department of Education to conduct a pilot
5 program; authorizing a pilot program within
6 specified counties to enable selected school
7 districts to realize cost savings in the
8 purchase of used instructional materials;
9 imposing requirements on the vendors of such
10 materials; absolving the state from
11 responsibility for certain financial losses;
12 requiring the Council for Education Policy
13 Research and Improvement to report to the
14 Legislature; providing for future repeal;
15 providing an effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Notwithstanding section 1006.37, Florida
20 Statutes, the Department of Education may conduct a pilot
21 program to enable selected school districts to realize cost
22 savings without loss of quality or availability for individual
23 students in the purchase of used instructional materials. This
24 program is limited to the counties of Hernando, Pasco, and
25 Polk. Charter schools in those school districts may also
26 participate in the pilot program. When a secondhand book
27 dealer or other third-party book vendor provides used adopted
28 instructional materials to a school district, the dealer or
29 vendor must certify the availability of the used instructional
30 materials, provide the International Standard Book Number of
31 each of the used instructional materials, and certify that
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2 most currently adopted, Florida-specific instructional
3 materials, and conform to the Sunshine State Standards. The
4 state is not responsible for financial loss caused by the
5 school district's deviating from the requirements of section
6 1006.37, Florida Statutes. The Council for Education Policy
7 Research and Improvement shall submit to the President of the
8 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for
9 consideration during the 2005 Regular Session a report of the
10 cost savings to school districts based on results of the pilot
11 program. This section is repealed July 1, 2007.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
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