by Mike Jennings, Lakeland Ledger
At issue is a pot of money each district can use for instructional materials. Half of that budget is dedicated to the purchase of textbooks and learning aids that are on a state-approved list. The remainder can be used for other books or items such as digital learning materials and software, but not for the hardware to run them. School districts should be able to – at their discretion – devote some of this money to computers. The bills currently before the Legislature would give them that flexibility. The state of Texas has passed essentially the same legislation already. Georgia and New York are looking at similar bills. And California is mov ing to all-digital textbooks in their schools.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100424/COLUMNISTS/4245000?Title=Free-Up-Textbook-Computer-Rules
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