Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
House Bill 834
Electronic textbooks; authorize SDE to purchase license agreement form publishers of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO DETERMINE ANNUALLY THE AREAS IN WHICH DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ADOPTION OF TEXTBOOKS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO APPOINT EXPERTS TO REVIEW THE DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EVALUATE THE CONTENT FOR ALIGNMENT WITH THE APPLICABLE STATE CURRICULUM STANDARDS; TO REQUIRE THAT ALL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 BE PROVIDED IN ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL FORMAT AT THE START OF THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS SELECTED AS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REVIEWERS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT TO CERTIFY TO EACH LOCAL SUPERINTENDENT AN ESTIMATED ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATERIAL; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USE 50% OF ITS ANNUAL TEXTBOOK ALLOCATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES BY THE 2015-2016 FISCAL YEAR; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS WITHIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO ALLOW THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DESIGNATE PILOT PROGRAM SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT THE TRANSITION TO DIGITALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY FORMATTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; TO CREATE THE DIGITAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WORK GROUP FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING AND MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-43-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF TEXTBOOKS TO INCLUDE ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLISHERS OF TEXTBOOKS FOR THE PURCHASE OF LICENSE AGREEMENTS TO USE THE TEXTBOOK IN A DIGITAL OR ELECTRONIC FORMAT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY STUDENTS THROUGH THE USES OF A COMPUTER, E-READER OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEDIUM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-43-19, 37-43-31 AND 37-43-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.