Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1530
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-01277-12                                           20121530__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to instructional materials for public
    3         school education; amending s. 1006.282, F.S.;
    4         correcting a cross-reference; amending ss. 1006.37 and
    5         1006.38, F.S.; revising the period of time for the
    6         requisition and maintenance of inventory of
    7         instructional materials for certain core courses;
    8         amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising the period of time
    9         for the purchase of instructional materials for
   10         certain core courses; revising requirements relating
   11         to the use of the instructional materials allocation
   12         for the purchase of materials not on the state-adopted
   13         list; providing an effective date.
   14  
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   16  
   17         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1006.282, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         1006.282 Pilot program for the transition to electronic and
   20  digital instructional materials.—
   21         (3) A school designated as a pilot program school by the
   22  school board is exempt from:
   23         (a) Section 1006.40(3)(a) 1006.40(2)(a), if the school
   24  provides comprehensive electronic or digital instructional
   25  materials to all students; and
   26         (b) Section 1006.37.
   27         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.37, Florida
   28  Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         1006.37 Requisition of instructional materials from
   30  publisher’s depository.—
   31         (1) The district school superintendent shall requisition
   32  adopted instructional materials from the depository of the
   33  publisher with whom a contract has been made. However, the
   34  superintendent shall requisition current instructional materials
   35  to provide each student with a textbook or other materials as a
   36  major tool of instruction in core courses of the subject areas
   37  specified in s. 1006.40(2). These materials must be
   38  requisitioned within the first 4 2 years of the adoption cycle,
   39  except for instructional materials related to growth of student
   40  membership or instructional materials maintenance needs. The
   41  superintendent may requisition instructional materials in the
   42  core subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2) that are related
   43  to growth of student membership or instructional materials
   44  maintenance needs during the 3rd, 4th, 5th year, and 6th years
   45  of the original contract period.
   46         Section 3. Subsections (12) and (13) of section 1006.38,
   47  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   48         1006.38 Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of
   49  instructional materials publishers and manufacturers.—Publishers
   50  and manufacturers of instructional materials, or their
   51  representatives, shall:
   52         (12) For the core subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2),
   53  maintain in the depository for the first 4 2 years of the
   54  contract an inventory of instructional materials sufficient to
   55  receive and fill orders.
   56         (13) For the core subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2),
   57  ensure the availability of an inventory sufficient to receive
   58  and fill orders for instructional materials for growth,
   59  including the opening of a new school, and replacement during
   60  the 5th year 3rd and subsequent years of the original contract
   61  period.
   62         Section 4. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1006.40,
   63  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   64         1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation;
   65  instructional materials, library books, and reference books;
   66  repair of books.—
   67         (2) Each district school board must purchase current
   68  instructional materials to provide each student with a major
   69  tool of instruction in core courses of the subject areas of
   70  mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, reading,
   71  and literature for kindergarten through grade 12. Such purchase
   72  must be made within the first 4 2 years after the effective date
   73  of the adoption cycle.
   74         (4) The funds described in subsection (3) which district
   75  school boards may use to purchase materials not on the state
   76  adopted list shall be used for the purchase of instructional
   77  materials or other items having intellectual content that is
   78  aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. These
   79  instructional materials or other items shall be used instead of
   80  instructional materials on the state-adopted list which provide
   81  instruction in the core courses pursuant to subsection (2) which
   82  assist in the instruction of a subject or course. These
   83  instructional materials or other items may be available in
   84  bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of
   85  hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, electronic content,
   86  replacements for items which were part of previously purchased
   87  instructional materials, consumables, learning laboratories,
   88  manipulatives, electronic media, computer courseware or
   89  software, and other commonly accepted instructional tools as
   90  prescribed by district school board rule.
   91         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.