House Journal: Page 1395: Thursday, April 11, 2002
44 7. Page 14, by inserting after line 7 the
45 following:
46 "Sec. . Section 301.1, Code 2001, is amended to
47 read as follows:
48 301.1 ADOPTION - PURCHASE AND SALE - ACCREDITED
49 NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PUPIL TEXTBOOK SERVICES.
50 1. The board of directors of each and every school
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1 district is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt
2 textbooks for the teaching of all branches that are
3 now or may hereafter be authorized to be taught in the
4 public schools of the state, and to contract for and
5 buy said books and any and all other necessary school
6 supplies at said contract prices, and to sell the same
7 to the pupils of their respective districts at cost,
8 loan such textbooks to such pupils free, or rent them
9 to such pupils at such reasonable fee as the board
10 shall fix, and said money so received shall be
11 returned to the general fund.
12 2. Textbooks adopted and purchased by a school
13 district may, and shall, to the extent funds are
14 appropriated by the general assembly, be made
15 available to pupils attending accredited nonpublic
16 schools upon request of the pupil or the pupil's
17 parent under comparable terms as made available to
18 pupils attending public schools. If the general
19 assembly appropriates moneys for purposes of making
20 textbooks available to accredited nonpublic school
21 pupils, the department of education shall ascertain
22 the amount available to a school district for the
23 purchase of nonsectarian, nonreligious textbooks for
24 pupils attending accredited nonpublic schools. The
25 amount shall be in the proportion that the basic
26 enrollment of a participating accredited nonpublic
27 school bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of
28 all participating accredited nonpublic schools in the
29 state for the budget year. For purposes of this
30 section, a "participating accredited nonpublic school"
31 means an accredited nonpublic school that submits a
32 written request on behalf of the school's pupils in
33 accordance with this subsection, and that certifies
34 its actual enrollment to the department of education
35 by October 1, annually. By October 15, annually, the
36 department of education shall certify to the director
37 of revenue and finance the annual amount to be paid to
38 each school district, and the director of revenue and
39 finance shall draw warrants payable to school
40 districts in accordance with this subsection. For
41 purposes of this subsection, an accredited nonpublic
42 school's enrollment count shall include only students
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