Senate Bill sb2982

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2982

    By Senator Dawson





    29-1689-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the use of state funds

  3         allocated for purchasing instructional

  4         materials; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; allowing

  5         school boards to apply to the Commissioner of

  6         Education for authority to use such funds to

  7         purchase digital and on-line textbooks and

  8         accompanying hardware; providing an effective

  9         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 (4) of section 1006.40, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         1006.40  Use of instructional materials allocation;

16  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;

17  repair of books.--

18         (4)  The funds described in subsection (3) which

19  district school boards may use to purchase materials not on

20  the state-adopted list shall be used for the purchase of

21  instructional materials or other items having intellectual

22  content which assist in the instruction of a subject or

23  course. These items may be available in bound, unbound, kit,

24  or package form and may consist of hardbacked or softbacked

25  textbooks, replacements for items which were part of

26  previously purchased instructional materials, consumables,

27  learning laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media,

28  computer courseware or software, and other commonly accepted

29  instructional tools as prescribed by district school board

30  rule. The funds available to district school boards for the

31  purchase of materials not on the state-adopted list may not be

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2982
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 1  used to purchase electronic or computer hardware, except that

 2  a school board may apply to the Commissioner of Education for

 3  authority to use a portion of these funds for digital and

 4  on-line textbooks and for the electronic or computer hardware

 5  necessary to provide students with access to such textbooks.

 6  These funds may not even if such hardware is bundled with

 7  software or other electronic media, nor may such funds be used

 8  to purchase other equipment or supplies. However, when

 9  authorized to do so in the General Appropriations Act, a

10  school or district school board may use a portion of the funds

11  available to it for the purchase of materials not on the

12  state-adopted list to purchase science laboratory materials

13  and supplies.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Allows school boards to apply to the Commissioner of
      Education for authority to use state funds allocated for
19    purchasing instructional materials to purchase digital
      and on-line textbooks and accompanying hardware.
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