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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 | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

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to include print and electronic media; (ii) reorganizes the textbook purchasing process and repeals several sections of outdated Code; (iii) provides that if consumable materials are sold to students, the local school board must provide those materials at a reduced price, or free of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.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

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 and electronic media.  The bill reorganizes the textbook purchasing process and repeals several sections of outdated code.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.  Also, provides that any contract entered into by a local school board with a publisher of textbooks must include the listing of any private school within the school division that requests in writing to be a co-party to the contract and agrees to the terms of the contract.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Board of Education; contracts with textbook publishers.  Provides that upon the request of an accredited private school in Virginia, the Board of Education must list such school as a co-party in any contract with a publisher for textbooks. The private school will be fully responsible for the purchase of the textbooks and other materials provided under the contract, and the Board of Education is immune from any civil liability as a result of a breach of the contract by a private school.