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2017 SESSION
SB 1335 Electronic textbooks; prohibits local school boards from requiring use in any course in grades 6-12.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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 by July 1, 2019, (i) each student enrolled in such course will have access to a personal computing device capable of supporting such textbooks and (ii) the relevant school has adequate connectivity, which the bill defines as bandwidth of at least one megabit per second per student.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100609D
- 01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/02/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)