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2013 SESSION
HB 1915 Electronic textbooks; prohibits school board from making available for use by students in residence.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Access to electronic textbooks. Prohibits school boards from making electronic textbooks available for use by students in their residence or residences unless the school board implements measures to ensure that every student in the local school division has access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences. The bill permits a local school board to establish a pilot program for the use of electronic textbooks at any secondary school in the local school division provided that (i) each student at the secondary school has access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences and (ii) the secondary school is receiving federal funds pursuant to Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, or no more than 5% of the students in the local school division or 300 children, whichever is greater, participate in the pilot program.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/13 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101813D
- 01/08/13 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 02/05/13 House: Left in Science and Technology