CS/HB 623

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to instructional materials for K-12 public
3education; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; including computer
4hardware in the definition of the term "adequate
5instructional materials"; requiring each district school
6board to provide technology as needed for its educational
7program; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; authorizing the use of
8certain funds for the purchase of computer hardware by
9district school boards; providing restrictions; providing
10an effective date.
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12Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14     Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 1006.28, Florida
15Statutes, is amended to read:
16     1006.28  Duties of district school board, district school
17superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12
18instructional materials.-
19     (1)  DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.-The district school board has
20the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all
21students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The
22term "adequate instructional materials" means a sufficient
23number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in
24bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hard-
25backed or soft-backed textbooks, consumables, learning
26laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer
27hardware, courseware, or software that serve as the basis for
28instruction for each student in the core courses of mathematics,
29language arts, social studies, science, reading, and literature,
30except for instruction for which the school advisory council
31approves the use of a program that does not include a textbook
32as a major tool of instruction. The district school board has
33the following specific duties:
34     (a)  Courses of study; adoption.-Adopt courses of study for
35use in the schools of the district.
36     (b)  Textbooks.-Provide for proper requisitioning,
37distribution, accounting, storage, care, and use of all
38instructional materials furnished by the state and furnish such
39other instructional materials as may be needed. The district
40school board shall assure that instructional materials used in
41the district are consistent with the district goals and
42objectives and the curriculum frameworks adopted by rule of the
43State Board of Education, as well as with the state and district
44performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1).
45     (c)  Other instructional materials.-Provide such other
46technology and teaching accessories and aids as are needed for
47the school district's educational program.
48     (d)  School library media services; establishment and
49maintenance.-Establish and maintain a program of school library
50media services for all public schools in the district, including
51school library media centers, or school library media centers
52open to the public, and, in addition such traveling or
53circulating libraries as may be needed for the proper operation
54of the district school system.
55     Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 1006.40, Florida
56Statutes, is amended to read:
57     1006.40  Use of instructional materials allocation;
58instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
59repair of books.-
60     (4)  The funds described in subsection (3) which district
61school boards may use to purchase materials not on the state-
62adopted list shall be used for the purchase of instructional
63materials or other items having intellectual content which
64assist in the instruction of a subject or course. These items
65may be available in bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may
66consist of hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, replacements for
67items which were part of previously purchased instructional
68materials, consumables, learning laboratories, manipulatives,
69electronic media, computer hardware, courseware, or software,
70and other commonly accepted instructional tools as prescribed by
71district school board rule. The funds available to district
72school boards for the purchase of materials not on the state-
73adopted list may not be used to purchase electronic or computer
74hardware unless even if such hardware is provided for the sole
75purpose of delivering instructional materials content in an
76electronic format. The funds provided for instructional
77materials bundled with software or other electronic media, nor
78may not such funds be used to purchase equipment or supplies.
79However, when authorized to do so in the General Appropriations
80Act, a school or district school board may use a portion of the
81funds available to it for the purchase of materials not on the
82state-adopted list to purchase science laboratory materials and
83supplies.
84     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.


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