HOUSE BILL NO. 554
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H0554..........................................................by EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Amends existing law relating to curricular materials used
in Idaho public schools to provide for retention of all curricular
materials adopted in the immediately preceding three years; and to provide
for maintaining a library of all electronically available curricular
materials.
02/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/25 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/06 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon,
Chavez, Chew, Collins, Crane, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Snodgrass, Stevenson,
Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Clark, Durst, Henderson, Smith(24), Wood(35)
Floor Sponsor - Nielsen
Title apvd - to Senate
03/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron,
Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bilyeu, Jorgenson
Floor Sponsor - Goedde
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - To Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 217
Effective: 07/01/08
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 554
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CURRICULAR MATERIALS USED IN IDAHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AMENDING SEC-
3 TION 33-118A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR RETENTION OF ALL CURRICULAR MATE-
4 RIALS ADOPTED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE YEARS AND TO PROVIDE FOR
5 MAINTAINING A LIBRARY OF ALL ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE CURRICULAR MATE-
6 RIALS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 33-118A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 33-118A. CURRICULAR MATERIALS -- ADOPTION PROCEDURES. All curricular
11 materials adoption committees appointed by the state board of education shall
12 contain at least two (2) persons who are not public educators or school
13 trustees. All meetings of curricular materials adoption committees shall be
14 open to the public. Any member of the public may attend such meetings and file
15 written or make oral objections to any curricular materials under consider-
16 ation. A complete and cataloged library of all curricular materials adopted in
17 the immediately preceding three (3) years and used in Idaho public schools, is
18 and all electronically available curricular materials used in Idaho public
19 schools are to be maintained at the state department of education at all times
20 and open to the public.
21 "Curricular materials" is defined as textbook and instructional media
22 including software, audio/visual media and internet resources.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17954
This legislation clarifies which materials will be retained in the
State Department of Education's curriculum library.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
Contact
Name: Jason Hancock, State Department of Education
Phone: (208) 332-6800
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 554