House File 2190 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2190 BY ZIRKELBACH , LUKAN , COWNIE , MAY , DOLECHECK , ISENHART , and REASONER A BILL FOR An Act relating to textbooks and applicable instructional 1 technology adopted for use by school districts and provided 2 to public and accredited nonpublic school students. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6019HH (3) 83 kh/rj

H.F. 2190 Section 1. Section 301.1, subsection 3, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. As used in subsection 2, “textbooks” means books any of 3 the following: 4 a. Books and loose-leaf or bound manuals, systems of 5 reusable instructional materials or combinations of books and 6 supplementary instructional materials which convey information 7 to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning process , 8 or electronic . 9 b. Electronic textbooks, including but not limited to 10 computer software, applications using computer-assisted 11 instruction, interactive videodisc, and other computer 12 courseware and magnetic media. 13 c. Instructional technology applicable within a classroom 14 setting. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill relates to the use of state funds allocated to 17 school districts for purposes of making textbooks available to 18 accredited nonpublic school pupils by expanding the definition 19 of textbooks, and therefore the allowable use of certain state 20 funds, to include instructional technology applicable within 21 a classroom setting. Currently, the definition is limited to 22 books, supplementary instructional materials, and electronic 23 textbooks, including but not limited to computer software. 24 -1- LSB 6019HH (3) 83 kh/rj 1/ 1