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From the ECS State Policy Database
2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

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- Textbooks and Open Source
CAChaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001P-12Chapter No.914, Requires each school district that receives resources under the Schiff-Bustamante Standards-Based Instructional Materials Program or any other resources for that purpose, purchase instructional materials for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12 that are aligned with State content standards in language arts, mathematics, history or science, within 2 years of the date the materials have been adopted by the State Board of Education. Provides for extensions.
Title: S.B. 786
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Reactivates the Instructional Materials Program until a certain date, contingent upon funding. Requires publishers to submit standards maps to local districts prior to purchase for the purpose of allowing districts to determine the extent to which instructional materials are aligned to the contents standards. Requires use of a standardized form developed by the Department of Education.
Title: A.B. 699
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

NYSigned into law 10/2001P-12Requires every school district and board of cooperative educational services to develop a plan to ensure that all instructional materials to be used in the schools of the district are available in a usable alternative format for every disabled student; defines alternative format to include braille, large print, open and closed captioned, audio, or electronic file in an approved format.
Title: A.B. 7926
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Requires State Board of Education to add other instructional materials, whenever possible, to list of textbooks adopted by board for use by school districts.
Title: S.B. 694
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Relates to the selection, distribution, and use of public school textbooks; concerns a school receiving credit for textbooks purchased at a cost below the cost limit. The Texas Education Agency pays for and distributes most of the textbooks used in public schools in this state. State law is designed to ensure that textbooks can be ordered with relative ease and arrive at their intended school districts before the beginning of the school year. However, an interim study by the Committee on Public Education concluded that law prior to the 77th Legislature did not provide for the most efficient and timely distribution of textbooks. House Bill 623 amends provisions regarding the purchase and distribution of textbooks for public schools.
Title: H.B. 623
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Increases state funding to schools for the 2001-02 school year; requires school districts to adopt a plan for use of such monies; specifies that when schools receive new textbooks, allocated funds should be used first for new textbooks in certain subjects; charter schools are to follow similar funding provisions.
Title: H.B. 1272
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Provides a system for monitoring textbooks by individual schools for purposes of accountability; retains textbook replacement fees in school accounts.
Title: S.B. 525
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Allows electronic textbooks to be recommended, adopted, and purchased in same manner as regular textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22.
Title: H.B. 604
Source: Tennessee Legislative Web Site

TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Relates to circumstances under which a publisher or manufacturer of textbooks must maintain or arrange for a textbook depository in this state; concerns on-line textbooks or on-line textbook components.
Title: H.B. 992
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

GASigned into law 04/2001P-12Act No. 321., Relates to textbooks; requires publishers of textbooks which are purchased by the State Board of Education to make such textbooks available in an electronic format for the use of students with visual disabilities.
Title: H.B. 228
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Requires the State Board of Education to design and implement a statewide plan to provide for an adequate supply of textbooks for students on an ongoing basis; replaces outdated textbooks or textbooks in poor condition.
Title: H.B. 40
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Modifies provisions related to the State Textbook Commission by changing its name to the State Instructional Materials Commission; Expands the scope of materials reviewed by the commission to include workbooks, computer software, laserdiscs or videodiscs and multiple forms of communications media; provides that instructional materials identified as inappropriate by the State Board of Education may not be used in public schools.
Title: S.B. 7
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

SDVeto overridden 02/2001P-12Authorizes the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund.
Title: H.B. 1196
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

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