Electronic textbooks; prohibits local school boards from requiring use in any course in grades 6-12. (SB785)
Introduced By
Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
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
Access to electronic textbooks and adequate connectivity. Prohibits local school boards from requiring the use of any electronic textbook in any course in grades six through 12 unless the school board adopts a plan to ensure that on or before July 1, 2020, (i) each student enrolled in such course will have actual access at school and, if any assignment requires the use of such electronic textbook outside of school hours, in his residence to at least one personal computing device not shared with another student that contains an operating system and the hardware necessary to support the format of each electronic textbook expected to be used in such course and (ii) the relevant school has adequate connectivity, which the bill defines as bandwidth of at least one megabit per second per enrolled student. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Presented and ordered printed 18103352D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/24/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
01/31/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB785) |
02/01/2018 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18106300D-S1 |
02/02/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB785S1) |
02/05/2018 | Read second time |
02/05/2018 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/05/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18106300D-S1 |
02/05/2018 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB785S1 |
02/06/2018 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
02/08/2018 | Read first time |
02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/20/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 |
02/26/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) |
02/28/2018 | Reported from Education with amendment (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2018 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
03/01/2018 | Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
03/02/2018 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) |
03/06/2018 | Left in Appropriations |