Senate Study Bill 1285 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            EDUCATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON SCHMITZ)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to textbooks and applicable instructional
  2    technology adopted for use by school districts and provided to
  3    public and accredited nonpublic school students.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2663XC 83
  6 kh/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 301.1, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  As used in subsection 2, "textbooks" means books any of
  1  4 the following:
  1  5    a.  Books and loose=leaf or bound manuals, systems of
  1  6 reusable instructional materials or combinations of books and
  1  7 supplementary instructional materials which convey information
  1  8 to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning
  1  9 process, or electronic.
  1 10    b.  Electronic textbooks, including but not limited to
  1 11 computer software, applications using computer=assisted
  1 12 instruction, interactive videodisc, and other computer
  1 13 courseware and magnetic media.
  1 14    c.  Instructional technology applicable within a classroom
  1 15 setting.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill relates to the use of state funds allocated to
  1 18 school districts for purposes of making textbooks available to
  1 19 accredited nonpublic school pupils by expanding the definition
  1 20 of textbooks to include instructional technology applicable
  1 21 within a classroom setting.  Currently, the definition is
  1 22 limited to books, supplementary instructional materials, and
  1 23 electronic textbooks, including but not limited to computer
  1 24 software.
  1 25 LSB 2663XC 83
  1 26 kh/rj/8