| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to instructional materials for public |
| 3 | school education; amending s. 1006.282, F.S.; |
| 4 | correcting a cross-reference; amending ss. 1006.37 and |
| 5 | 1006.38, F.S.; revising the period of time for the |
| 6 | requisition and maintenance of inventory of |
| 7 | instructional materials for certain core courses; |
| 8 | amending s. 1006.40, F.S.; revising the period of time |
| 9 | for the purchase of instructional materials for |
| 10 | certain core courses; revising requirements relating |
| 11 | to the use of the instructional materials allocation |
| 12 | for the purchase of materials not on the state-adopted |
| 13 | list; providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1006.282, Florida |
| 18 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 19 | 1006.282 Pilot program for the transition to electronic |
| 20 | and digital instructional materials.- |
| 21 | (3) A school designated as a pilot program school by the |
| 22 | school board is exempt from: |
| 23 | (a) Section 1006.40(3)(a) 1006.40(2)(a), if the school |
| 24 | provides comprehensive electronic or digital instructional |
| 25 | materials to all students; and |
| 26 | (b) Section 1006.37. |
| 27 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.37, Florida |
| 28 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 29 | 1006.37 Requisition of instructional materials from |
| 30 | publisher's depository.- |
| 31 | (1) The district school superintendent shall requisition |
| 32 | adopted instructional materials from the depository of the |
| 33 | publisher with whom a contract has been made. However, the |
| 34 | superintendent shall requisition current instructional materials |
| 35 | to provide each student with a textbook or other materials as a |
| 36 | major tool of instruction in core courses of the subject areas |
| 37 | specified in s. 1006.40(2). These materials must be |
| 38 | requisitioned within the first 4 2 years of the adoption cycle, |
| 39 | except for instructional materials related to growth of student |
| 40 | membership or instructional materials maintenance needs. The |
| 41 | superintendent may requisition instructional materials in the |
| 42 | core subject areas specified in s. 1006.40(2) that are related |
| 43 | to growth of student membership or instructional materials |
| 44 | maintenance needs during the 3rd, 4th, 5th year, and 6th years |
| 45 | of the original contract period. |
| 46 | Section 3. Subsections (12) and (13) of section 1006.38, |
| 47 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 48 | 1006.38 Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of |
| 49 | instructional materials publishers and manufacturers.-Publishers |
| 50 | and manufacturers of instructional materials, or their |
| 51 | representatives, shall: |
| 52 | (12) For the core subject areas specified in s. |
| 53 | 1006.40(2), maintain in the depository for the first 4 2 years |
| 54 | of the contract an inventory of instructional materials |
| 55 | sufficient to receive and fill orders. |
| 56 | (13) For the core subject areas specified in s. |
| 57 | 1006.40(2), ensure the availability of an inventory sufficient |
| 58 | to receive and fill orders for instructional materials for |
| 59 | growth, including the opening of a new school, and replacement |
| 60 | during the 5th year 3rd and subsequent years of the original |
| 61 | contract period. |
| 62 | Section 4. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1006.40, |
| 63 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 64 | 1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation; |
| 65 | instructional materials, library books, and reference books; |
| 66 | repair of books.- |
| 67 | (2) Each district school board must purchase current |
| 68 | instructional materials to provide each student with a major |
| 69 | tool of instruction in core courses of the subject areas of |
| 70 | mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, reading, |
| 71 | and literature for kindergarten through grade 12. Such purchase |
| 72 | must be made within the first 4 2 years after the effective date |
| 73 | of the adoption cycle. |
| 74 | (4) The funds described in subsection (3) which district |
| 75 | school boards may use to purchase materials not on the state- |
| 76 | adopted list shall be used for the purchase of instructional |
| 77 | materials or other items having intellectual content that is |
| 78 | aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. These |
| 79 | instructional materials or other items shall be used instead of |
| 80 | instructional materials on the state-adopted list which provide |
| 81 | instruction in the core courses pursuant to subsection (2) which |
| 82 | assist in the instruction of a subject or course. These |
| 83 | instructional materials or other items may be available in |
| 84 | bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of |
| 85 | hardbacked or softbacked textbooks, electronic content, |
| 86 | replacements for items which were part of previously purchased |
| 87 | instructional materials, consumables, learning laboratories, |
| 88 | manipulatives, electronic media, computer courseware or |
| 89 | software, and other commonly accepted instructional tools as |
| 90 | prescribed by district school board rule. |
| 91 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |