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