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
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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