Electronic textbooks; prohibits local school boards from requiring use in any course in grades 6-12.
Summary
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 on or before July 1, 2020, (i) each student enrolled in such course will have actual access at school and, if any assignment requires the use of such electronic textbook outside of school hours, in his residence to at least one personal computing device not shared with another student that contains an operating system and the hardware necessary to support the format of each electronic textbook expected to be used in such course and (ii) the relevant school has adequate connectivity, which the bill defines as bandwidth of at least one megabit per second per enrolled student.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
8
Mar 1, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 20, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB785S1
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106300D-S1
legislature
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18103352D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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