Electronic textbooks; specifics for use in elementary and secondary schools, report. (HB2286)

Introduced By

Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Elementary and secondary schools; electronic textbooks. Specifies that a local school board's contracts and purchase orders with publishers of textbooks approved by the Board for use in kindergarten through grade 12 shall allow for the purchase of printed textbooks, printed textbooks with electronic files, or electronic textbooks separate and apart from printed versions of the same textbook. Under current law, contracts and purchase orders for textbooks in these three forms is only permitted for textbooks to be used in grades six through 12. The bill also specifies that if a local school board decides to purchase an electronic textbook, it shall provide it to each student free of charge. The bill finally requires the Board, in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Technology, to annually report to the General Assembly on the level of broadband connectivity of each local school division as well as the level of computer ownership and access to broadband services for each student and make the data available through the Commonwealth's broadband connectivity map for the purpose of aiding each local school board in its decision to purchase electronic textbooks. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/16/2013Presented and ordered printed 13103346D
01/16/2013Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
02/05/2013Left in Science and Technology