Electronic textbooks; use in kindergarten through grade 12. (HB742)
Introduced By
Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church) with support from co-patron Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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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 clarifies 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 Department of Education, in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Technology, to report annually to the General Assembly on (i) the level of broadband connectivity of each local school division, and (ii) the ability of each student within each school division to access electronic textbooks, both at school and outside of school. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2014 | Committee |
01/07/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101191D |
01/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Science and Technology |
01/27/2014 | Referred from Science and Technology |
01/27/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/27/2014 | Assigned Education sub: Education Reform |
01/30/2014 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015 |
02/04/2014 | Reconsideration by Subcommittee by voice vote |
02/04/2014 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/12/2014 | Left in Education |