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S1131..........................................................by EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS - Amends existing law to provide that the State Board of
Education shall require textbooks in electronic format so that
reproductions can be made for use by the blind.
02/09 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Davis, Parry
Floor Sponsor - Schroeder
Title apvd - to House
02/24 House intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/03 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh,
Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison,
Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Meyer, Sali, Taylor
Floor Sponsor - Boe
Title apvd - to Senate
03/11 To enrol
03/12 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/15 Sp signed
03/16 To Governor
03/18 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 88
Effective: 07/01/99
S1131|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1131 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO POWERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-118, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD SHALL REQUIRE TEXTBOOKS IN 4 ELECTRONIC FORMAT FROM WHICH REPRODUCTIONS CAN BE PRODUCED. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-118, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 33-118. COURSES OF STUDY -- CURRICULAR MATERIALS. The state board shall 9 prescribe the minimum courses to be taught in all public elementary and sec- 10 ondary schools, and shall cause to be prepared and issued, such syllabi, study 11 guides and other instructional aids as the board shall from time to time deem 12 necessary. The board shall also determine how and under what rules curricular 13 materials shall be adopted for the public schools. The board shall 14 require all publishers of textbooks approved for use to furnish the department 15 of education with electronic format for literary and nonliterary subjects when 16 electronic formats become available for nonliterary subjects, in a standard 17 format approved by the board, from which reproductions can be made for use by 18 the blind.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
R. S. 08884C2
The purpose of this legislation is to amend section 33-118, Idaho Code, to
provide that the State Board shall require textbooks on diskette from
which reproductions can be made for use by the blind.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no signiflcant fiscal impact as publishers can produce this
material at little or no cost. Many already have their textbooks on diskettes
because of requirements in other states.
Contact:
Senator Gary J. Schroeder
Idaho Senate
208-332-1321
Ramona Walhof
National Federation of the Blind
1301 S. Capitol Blvd., Suite C
Boise, Idaho 83706
PH 208-343-1377
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