Senate Bill sb0716

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 716

    By Senator Fasano





    11-865-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to instructional materials for

  3         K-12 public education; authorizing a pilot

  4         program within specified counties to enable

  5         selected school districts to realize cost

  6         savings in the purchase of instructional

  7         materials; requiring the Department of

  8         Education to report to the Legislature;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  The Department of Education may conduct a

14  pilot program to enable selected school districts to realize

15  cost savings in the purchase of instructional materials.  The

16  school districts of Hernando County, Pasco County, and

17  Hillsborough County shall participate in the pilot program.

18  Charter schools in each school district are eligible to

19  participate.  For purposes of the pilot program, the

20  Department of Education may waive the requirements of section

21  1006.37, Florida Statutes, relating to the requisition of

22  instructional materials from publisher depositories.  The

23  Department of Education shall submit to the President of the

24  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for

25  consideration during the 2004 Regular Session a report of the

26  cost savings to school districts based on results of the pilot

27  program.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                   SB 716
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