Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers. (HB137)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Textbook purchasing contracts. Permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers for the purchase of textbooks. The bill expands the definition of textbook to include print, electronic, online, and other manipulatives-based programs. The bill reorganizes the textbook purchasing process and repeals several sections of outdated code. Also provides that if consumable materials are sold to students, the local school board must provide those materials at a reduced price, or free of charge, to students who are unable to afford them. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/20/2007 | Committee |
12/20/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087917676 |
12/20/2007 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/21/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB137) |
01/23/2008 | Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2008 | Committee substitute printed 083359676-H1 |
01/24/2008 | Read first time |
01/25/2008 | Read second time |
01/25/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 083359676-H1 |
01/25/2008 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB137H1 |
01/28/2008 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
01/28/2008 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2008 | Communicated to Senate |
01/29/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/29/2008 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/29/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB137H1) |
02/21/2008 | Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) |
02/22/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2008 | Read third time |
02/25/2008 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/25/2008 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/25/2008 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/25/2008 | Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2008 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2008 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) |
02/26/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
02/27/2008 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
02/27/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) |
02/29/2008 | Enrolled |
02/29/2008 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB137ER) |
02/29/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB137ER) |
02/29/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
03/03/2008 | Signed by President |
03/07/2008 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 430 (effective 7/1/08) |
03/14/2008 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0430) |
Comments
any 'why' don't we just provide $100 laptops in the classroom with 'downloadable' courses from various publishers to better educate the kids like other states? besides, TEXTBOOKS depend on cutting down trees, processing tons of paper, marketing, distribution, and then are outdated within a couple of years - UNLESS it's a mathematics book, or history book - all the others change all the time, costing a Fortune that does NOT need to be spent.
There's a better way to educate - and it's ALOT cheaper and encourages learning...it's called a laptop and internet access for everything 'other' than the 3 R's.
Supports GRTC position on e-Government Initiatives & Education
Good point Marsha, This bill is a step in that direction, allowing for the first time an all electronic version of the book to be purchased with textbook funds. Other steps will include purchasing of courses and vetted content materials to supplement instruction. My question is: Why does the VEA oppose this bill?
VEA Opposed
'why' the VEA opposes - probably because they dissapprove of the 'limitless' education one could receive by utilizing their own brain instead of depending on some educrat's opinion of 'what material' is deemed worthy to allow a student to see. Just my guess..I can probably put a sentence together better than most 'MBA's' - because I CHOOSE to educate myself and not buy into the elitist's who "govern education" in this country..
VEA no longer opposes this bill, one of their guys in head office tells me.
So has this bill been changed to HB137H1? But where can one find the text of that bill. Doesn't show up on a RS search.
The full text is under the "View Full Text" link. Though the bill number of the text of the bill changes with each amendment, the number under which the legislator tracks the bill stays the same.