California Senate Bill SB1154 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1154AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 20, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 11, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Senator Walters (Coauthors: Senators Alquist and Lowenthal) FEBRUARY 21, 2012 An act to add Section 60064 to the Education Code, relating to instructional materials. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1154, as amended, Walters. Instructional materials: digital format. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt at least 5 basic instructional materials in specified subject areas for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for district boards, as defined. Existing law also requires the governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high schools to adopt instructional materials that meet specified criteria for use in the high schools under its control. Existing law prohibits the state board from adopting instructional materials until the 2015-16 school year. Existing law requires a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials to provide to the state, at no cost, computer files or other electronic versions of each state-adopted literary title and the right to transcribe, reproduce, modify, and distribute the material in braille, large print if the publisher does not offer a large print edition, recordings, American Sign Language videos for the deaf, or other specialized accessible media exclusively for use by pupils with visual or other disabilities that prevent use of standard instructional materials. This bill would require a publisher or manufacturer submitting a printed instructional material  or supplemental instructional material  for adoption by the state board or the governing board of a school district to, among other things, offer the instructional material  or supplemental instructional material  in  both printed and   an  equivalent digital  formats   format at a lower cost than the cost of the purchased printed format  , and  would require a publisher or manufacturer of printed supplemental instructional materials approved by the state board or the governing board of a school district to, among other things, offer the supplemental instructional materials in an equivalent digital format at a lower cost than the cost of the purchased printed format. The bill would, if the publisher or manufacturer cannot obtain copyright due to a 3rd-party contract conflict, authorize an equivalent digital format to be substituted with comparable digital materials, as specified. The bill also would require a publisher or manufacturer  to  provide   offer  to a school district  , at no cost,  an equivalent digital format of  a textbook   instructional material  that was purchased in a printed format, which may be used to create a districtwide online digital database for classroom use  if the school district implements a system of online security to ensure the protection of copyright-protected material   , as specified  . The bill would further require that the instructional material or supplemental instructional material be available in both printed and digital formats for the duration of the adoption. The bill would exempt from these requirements small publishers and small manufacturers of instructional materials, as defined, and would specify that these provisions be implemented in accordance with specified provisions suspending the adoption of instructional materials by the state board. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 60064 is added to the   Education Code   , to read:   60064. (a) A publisher or manufacturer submitting a printed instructional material for adoption by the state board or the governing board of a school district shall offer the instructional material in an equivalent digital format, at a lower cost than the cost of the purchased printed format. (b) A publisher or manufacturer of printed supplemental instructional materials approved by the state board or the governing board of a school district shall offer the printed supplemental instructional materials in an equivalent digital format, at a lower cost than the cost of the purchased printed format. (c) For purposes of this section, if a publisher or manufacturer cannot obtain copyright due to a third-party contract conflict, an equivalent digital format may be substituted with comparable digital material when adopting instructional materials as follows: (1) For kindergarten to grade 8, inclusive, the state board may review and approve substitutions to ensure alignment with the pertinent state subject matter content standards. (2) For grades 9 to 12, inclusive, the governing board of a school district may review and approve substitutions to ensure alignment with the pertinent state subject matter content standards. (d) Instructional material or supplemental instructional materials shall be offered by a publisher or manufacturer as unbundled elements to enable the digital material or printed material to be purchased separately from other components. (e) A publisher or manufacturer that submits printed instructional material for adoption or approval by the state board or the governing board of a school district shall offer the school district an equivalent digital format of the instructional material that was purchased in print format which may be used by the school district to create a districtwide online digital database for classroom use. (1) A school district shall not be prevented from entering into an agreement to create a districtwide online digital database with the publisher of the instructional materials, or a third party approved by the publisher, for classroom or individual pupil use if the school district implements an online security system that is mutually agreed on by the publisher and the school district. (2) A purchase agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) may include, but is not limited to, a description of reasonable security measures that may include, but are not limited to, the use of a login identification and password to protect and control access to online material and a description of any licensing agreements for access to online material, if applicable. (f) The instructional material or supplemental instructional material shall be available in both printed and digital formats for the duration of the adoption. (g) (1) The requirements of this section shall not apply to a small publisher or small manufacturer of instructional materials. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "small publisher" and "small manufacturer" mean an independently owned or operated publisher or manufacturer that, together with its affiliates, has 100 or fewer employees and average annual gross receipts of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less over the previous three years. (h) This section does not authorize the use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the federal Copyright Revision Act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.). (i) This section shall be implemented in accordance with the suspension of the instructional material adoption process pursuant to Section 60200.7. (j) This section does not require a publisher or manufacturer that submits an instructional material in digital format only for adoption by the state board or the governing board of a school district to offer or submit an equivalent print version of the instructional material in digital format.   SECTION 1.   Section 60064 is added to the Education Code, to read: 60064. (a) A publisher or manufacturer submitting a printed instructional material or supplemental instructional material for approval or adoption by the state board or the governing board of a school district shall do all of the following: (1) Offer the instructional material or supplemental instructional material in both a printed and an equivalent digital format. (2) Offer the digital instructional material or supplemental instructional material as unbundled elements, to enable the digital material to be purchased in sections or components. (3) Provide to a school district, at no cost, an equivalent digital format of a textbook that was purchased in a printed format, which may be used to create a districtwide online digital database for classroom use if the school district implements a system of online security to ensure the protection of copyright-protected material. (b) The instructional material or supplemental instructional material shall be available in both printed and digital formats for the duration of the adoption. (c) (1) The requirements of this section shall not apply to a small publisher or small manufacturer of instructional materials. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "small publisher" and "small manufacturer" mean an independently owned or operated publisher or manufacturer, that, together with its affiliates, has 100 or fewer employees and average annual gross receipts of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less over the previous three years. (d) This section does not authorize the use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the federal Copyright Revision Act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.). (e) This section shall be implemented in accordance with the suspension of the textbook adoption process pursuant to Section 60200.7.