SENATE, No. 295

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  RONALD L. RICE

District 28 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires board of education to provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in a class.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee with technical review.

  


An Act concerning public school textbooks and supplementing chapter 34 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  As used in this section, “textbook” means books, workbooks or manuals, whether bound or in looseleaf form, or electronic textbooks, intended as the principal source of study material for a given class.

     b.    The board of education of a school district shall provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in each class in the district which uses a textbook.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.