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2014 SESSION
HB 936 Electronic textbooks; accessibility by students at school and in their 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 adopts a plan to ensure that by July 1, 2017, every student in the local school division will have 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. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101209D
- 01/08/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/17/14 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
- 01/30/14 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015 by voice vote
- 02/04/14 House: Reconsideration by Subcommittee by voice vote
- 02/04/14 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/12/14 House: Left in Education