Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 15 - Textbooks; approved list; change method of selection

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

Code Sections - 20-2-1012

1. Smith  175th           2. Walker  141st           3. Stephenson  25th
4. Hart  116th            5. Trense  44th            6. Barfoot  155th


House Comm: Ed         /                Senate Comm: Ed         /                                   
House Vote: Yeas 172   Nays 0           Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time         2/1/95                                                 
              1/10/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              1/27/95  Favorably Reported                                                           
              Sub      Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
              1/31/95  Read 3rd Time                                                                
              1/31/95  Passed/Adopted                                                               
              CS       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 20-2-1012                                                                    


HB 15                                            LC 11 8534S

               The House Committee on Education Subcomittee on
      Curriculum and Instruction offers the following substitute
      to HB 15:

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 19 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public school
  1- 3  textbooks, so as to change the manner in which such
  1- 4  textbooks are approved and selected; to repeal conflicting
  1- 5  laws and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Article 19 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
  1- 8  Georgia Annotated, relating to public school textbooks, is
  1- 9  amended by striking Code Section 20-2-1012,  relating to
  1-10  committees to recommend textbooks, and inserting in its
  1-11  place the following:

  1-12    "20-2-1012. (Index)

  1-13    (a) The State Board of Education shall select a committee
  1-14    or committees of educators actually engaged in public
  1-15    school work in this state to examine textbooks and make
  1-16    recommendations thereon to the state board. Such committee
  1-17    or committees shall consist of such number of educators as
  1-18    the state board may deem advisable, not exceeding five in
  1-19    each instance. They shall serve for such time and for such
  1-20    duties as the state board may prescribe and shall receive
  1-21    such compensation as may be fixed by the state board.

  1-22    (b) In addition to any other method of textbook selection,
  1-23    any local school system superintendent may make a written
  1-24    request to the State Board of Education to add a textbook
  1-25    or series of textbooks to the approved list of textbooks
  1-26    for use in the public schools of this state.  If requests
  1-27    are received by the Board during any 180 day period from
  1-28    the superintendents of five or more different systems to
  1-29    add the same textbook or series to the approved list, such
  1-30    textbook or series shall be added to the list of the State
  1-31    Board of Education.  Other than the selection method,
  1-32    publishers whose textbooks are added to the approved list
  1-33    in this manner shall be required to comply with the same



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                                                 LC 11 8534S

  2- 1    rules regarding textbooks as other publishers, including
  2- 2    but not limited to price, durability, and availability."

                         SECTION 2.

  2- 3  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2- 4  repealed.










































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