HF 2190 (LSB 6019HH (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2190

BY  ZIRKELBACH, LUKAN, COWNIE, MAY, DOLECHECK, ISENHART, and REASONER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to textbooks and applicable instructional technology adopted for use by school districts and provided to public and accredited nonpublic school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 301.1, subsection 3, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  As used in subsection 2, “textbooks” means books any of the following:
   a.  Books and loose-leaf or bound manuals, systems of reusable instructional materials or combinations of books and supplementary instructional materials which convey information to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning process, or electronic. 
   b.  Electronic textbooks, including but not limited to computer software, applications using computer-assisted instruction, interactive videodisc, and other computer courseware and magnetic media.
   c.  Instructional technology applicable within a classroom setting.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the use of state funds allocated to school districts for purposes of making textbooks available to accredited nonpublic school pupils by expanding the definition of textbooks, and therefore the allowable use of certain state funds, to include instructional technology applicable within a classroom setting. Currently, the definition is limited to books, supplementary instructional materials, and electronic textbooks, including but not limited to computer software.