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HB 899: Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education

GENERAL BILL by Pilon ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Adkins ; Ahern ; Antone ; Beshears ; Caldwell ; Costello ; Eagle ; Fitzenhagen ; Gaetz ; Grant ; Mayfield ; McBurney ; Pigman ; Renner ; Rodrigues, R. ; Santiago ; Stone ; Sullivan ; Tobia

Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education; Requires instructional materials to meet certain standards & each district school board to adopt process allowing taxpayer to object to use of specific instructional materials based on specified criteria; revises requirement that district school superintendent certify that all instructional materials for core courses meet certain standards.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/11/2016 House - Died in K-12 Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/8/2015 House • Filed
    12/18/2015 House • Referred to K-12 Subcommittee; Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 77
    1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 77
    3/11/2016 House • Died in K-12 Subcommittee

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  • HB 899, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/8/2015 at 11:39 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1018 Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education Hays Similar Last Action: 3/11/2016 S Died in Education Pre-K - 12
    Location: In committee/council (ED)

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. Page 17 (pdf)
    1006.28 Duties of district school board, district school superintendent; and school principal regarding K-12 instructional materials. Page 2 (pdf)
    1006.283 District school board instructional materials review process. Page 8 (pdf)
    1006.31 Duties of the Department of Education and school district instructional materials reviewer. Page 13 (pdf)
    1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation; instructional materials, library books, and reference books; repair of books. Page 14 (pdf)
    1006.42 Responsibility of students and parents for instructional materials. Page 18 (pdf)

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