| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to instructional materials for public |
| 3 | school education; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; requiring |
| 4 | district school boards to issue additional textbooks for |
| 5 | use in the classroom in grades 6 through 8; providing an |
| 6 | effective date. |
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| 8 | WHEREAS, because of the elimination of lockers in many |
| 9 | middle schools, students must carry their issued textbooks |
| 10 | throughout the school day, and |
| 11 | WHEREAS, carrying such books has the potential to lead to |
| 12 | minor to severe back problems, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
| 17 | 1006.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 18 | 1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school |
| 19 | superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 |
| 20 | instructional materials.-- |
| 21 | (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.--The district school board has |
| 22 | the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all |
| 23 | students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The |
| 24 | term "adequate instructional materials" means a sufficient |
| 25 | number of textbooks or sets of materials serving as the basis |
| 26 | for instruction for each student in the core courses of |
| 27 | mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, reading, |
| 28 | and literature, except for instruction for which the school |
| 29 | advisory council approves the use of a program that does not |
| 30 | include a textbook as a major tool of instruction. The district |
| 31 | school board has the following specific duties: |
| 32 | (b) Textbooks.-- |
| 33 | 1. Provide for proper requisitioning, distribution, |
| 34 | accounting, storage, care, and use of all instructional |
| 35 | materials furnished by the state and furnish such other |
| 36 | instructional materials as may be needed. The district school |
| 37 | board shall assure that instructional materials used in the |
| 38 | district are consistent with the district goals and objectives |
| 39 | and the curriculum frameworks adopted by rule of the State Board |
| 40 | of Education, as well as with the state and district performance |
| 41 | standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1). |
| 42 | 2. Issue additional textbooks to remain in each classroom |
| 43 | for use in the classroom by each student in grades 6 through 8 |
| 44 | who participates in the class. The issuance of textbooks |
| 45 | pursuant to this subparagraph shall not affect the issuance of |
| 46 | textbooks to each student. |
| 47 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |