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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to instructional materials for K-12 public | ||
| 3 | education; authorizing the Department of Education to | ||
| 4 | conduct a pilot program; authorizing a pilot program | ||
| 5 | within specified counties to enable selected school | ||
| 6 | districts to realize cost savings in the purchase of used | ||
| 7 | instructional materials; imposing requirements on the | ||
| 8 | vendors of such materials; absolving the state from | ||
| 9 | responsibility for certain financial losses; requiring the | ||
| 10 | Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement to | ||
| 11 | report to the Legislature; providing for future repeal; | ||
| 12 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 16 | Section 1. Notwithstanding section 1006.37, Florida | ||
| 17 | Statutes, the Department of Education may conduct a pilot | ||
| 18 | program to enable selected school districts to realize cost | ||
| 19 | savings without loss of quality or availability for individual | ||
| 20 | students in the purchase of used instructional materials. The | ||
| 21 | school districts of Hernando County, Pasco County, and Polk | ||
| 22 | County may participate in the pilot program. Charter schools in | ||
| 23 | those school districts may also participate in the pilot | ||
| 24 | program. When a secondhand book dealer or other third-party book | ||
| 25 | vendor provides used adopted instructional materials to a school | ||
| 26 | district, the dealer or vendor must certify the availability of | ||
| 27 | the used instructional materials, provide the International | ||
| 28 | Standard Book Number of each of the used instructional | ||
| 29 | materials, and certify that such materials are not samples or | ||
| 30 | first printings, are the most currently adopted, Florida- | ||
| 31 | specific instructional materials, and conform to the Sunshine | ||
| 32 | State Standards. The state is not responsible for financial loss | ||
| 33 | caused by the school district’s deviating from the requirements | ||
| 34 | of section 1006.37, Florida Statutes. The Council for Education | ||
| 35 | Policy Research and Improvement shall submit to the President of | ||
| 36 | the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for | ||
| 37 | consideration during the 2005 Regular Session a report of the | ||
| 38 | cost savings to school districts based on results of the pilot | ||
| 39 | program. This section is repealed July 1, 2007. | ||
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. | ||