Electronic textbooks; accessibility by students at school and in their residence. (HB1255)

Introduced By

Del. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

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

Description

Access to electronic textbooks. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/17/2014Committee
01/17/2014Presented and ordered printed 14104166D
01/17/2014Referred to Committee on Education
01/23/2014Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
01/29/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB1255)
01/30/2014Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015
02/04/2014Reconsideration by Subcommittee by voice vote
02/04/2014Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/12/2014Left in Education

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

Hey, guys—bill summaries are helpful.

It looks to me like the point of this bill is to prohibit local school boards from adopting electronic textbooks unless they can ensure that all students will have access to those textbooks in their homes, by having their own computer and an internet connection that's at least 256 kbps (which is quite slow).