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2008 SESSION
HB 354 Textbook purchases; Board of Education shall publish list of approved textbooks, publisher, etc.
Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Textbook purchasing contracts. Permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers for the purchase of textbooks. The bill (i) expands the definition of textbook to include print and electronic media; (ii) reorganizes the textbook purchasing process and repeals several sections of outdated Code; (iii) provides that if consumable materials are sold to students, the local school board must provide those materials at a reduced price, or free of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; and (iv) allows any private school to purchase from a local school board’s contract with the publisher, with the approval of both the local school board and the publisher.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088693468 pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/08 House: Committee substitute printed 083361468-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB354ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/04/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088693468
- 01/04/08 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/28/08 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/08 House: Committee substitute printed 083361468-H1
- 01/29/08 House: Read first time
- 01/30/08 House: Read second time
- 01/30/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 083361468-H1
- 01/30/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB354H1
- 01/31/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/01/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/08 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/28/08 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/08 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/08 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/08 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/04/08 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/04/08 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/05/08 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/08 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB354ER)
- 03/07/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)