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.