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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STAFF FINAL BILL ANALYSIS
BILL #: CS/HB 1467 K-12 Education
SPONSOR(S): Appropriations Committee, Garrison and others
TIED BILLS: None IDEN./SIM. BILLS: CS/SB 1300
FINAL HOUSE FLOOR ACTION: 79 Y’s
41 N’s GOVERNOR’S ACTION: Approved
SUMMARY ANALYSIS
CS/HB 1467 passed the House on February 10, 2022, and subsequently passed the Senate on March 10,
2022.
Florida’s Constitution provides that each school district must be governed by a school board composed of five
or more elected members elected to staggered, 4-year terms, as provided by law. The bill prohibits a school
board member from appearing on a ballot for reelection if the member will have served, or would have served if
not for resignation, in that office for 12 consecutive years. The proposed limitation would apply only to terms of
office beginning on or after November 8, 2022, and is prospective, so that school board members reelected to
a consecutive term in 2022 could serve another 12 consecutive years before reaching the term limit.
The bill also increases school district transparency and accountability for selecting and using instructional
materials and library materials by:
requiring that certain school district instructional materials review committee meetings be noticed and
open to the public;
requiring school district personnel who are involved in reviewing and selecting library media and
collections or materials maintained on a reading list to complete training developed by the Department
of Education (DOE), prior to making selections;
requiring school districts to adopt and post procedures for developing library media center collections;
requiring each elementary school to post on its website a list of all materials maintained in the school
library or recommended or assigned as part of a school- or grade-level reading list;
requiring that each material in a school library or assigned school- or grade-level reading list be
selected by a certified educational media specialist;
requiring school districts to publish on its website a searchable list of all instructional materials available
to students;
requiring school districts to provide a public review process for district-adopted materials consistent with
current instructional materials adoption requirements and to select, approve, adopt, or purchase
materials as a separate line item on a board meeting agenda; and
beginning June 30, 2023, requiring school districts annually to report to the Commissioner of Education,
and identify in the superintendent’s annual certification of approved instructional materials programs,
materials for which the school district received an objection for the school year, and requiring the DOE
to publish removed or discontinued materials as a result of an objection.
The bill has an indeterminate fiscal impact. See fiscal comments, infra.
The bill was approved by the Governor on March 25, 2022, ch. 2022-21, L.O.F., and will become effective on
July 1, 2022.
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I. SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION
A. EFFECT OF CHANGES:
District School Board Member Terms of Office
Present Situation
The Florida Constitution provides that “[i]n each school district there shall be a school board composed
of five or more members chosen by vote of the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately
staggered terms of four years, as provided by law.”
1
This provision has been interpreted to allow school
board member qualifications to be established by statute.
2
Neither the Florida Constitution nor Florida
Statutes address the number of terms a school board member may serve.
3
However, Florida’s Constitution establishes term limits for the following elected officials:
4
Florida Governor;
Florida representatives;
Florida senators;
Florida Lieutenant Governor;
Florida Cabinet members;
U.S. representatives from Florida; and
U.S. senators from Florida.
Term limits imposed by states for federal elected officials were held to be unconstitutional, and thus
unenforceable, by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1995.
5
The Florida Constitution states that none of these officials, except for the office of Governor which is
governed by a slightly different provision, may appear on a ballot for reelection if, by the end of the
current term of office, the person will have served or, but for resignation, would have served in that
office for eight consecutive years.
6
These term limits became effective in 1992 and were prospective,
so that officials reelected to a consecutive term in 1992 could serve another consecutive eight years
before reaching the term limit.
7
Currently, Duval County is the only school district in Florida with established term limits for its
members, with two consecutive full terms of 4 years.
8
1
Art. IX, s. 4(a), Fla. Const.
2
In Askew v. Thomas, 293 So.2d 40, 42 (Fla. 1974), the court interpreted section 4(a) of article IX and refused to invoke the
constitutional principle that “statutes imposing additional qualifications for office are unconstitutional where the basic document of the
constitution itself has already undertaken to set forth those requirement” because that section does not address school board member
qualifications. Similarly, in Telli v. Broward County, 94 So. 3d 504 (Fla. 2012), the court receded from prior opinions which held that
article VI, section 4(b), Florida Constitution, listing the state elected offices with mandatory term limits, prohibited the imposition of
term limits on other officials. The court held that “[i]nterpreting Florida's Constitution to find implied restrictions on powers otherwise
authorized is unsound in principle” and that “express restrictions must be found not implied.” Id. at 513.
3
Art. IX, s. 4(a), Fla. Const.
4
Art. VI, s. 4(c), Fla. Const.
5
See U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995). See also Ray v. Mortham, 742 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 1999) (holding that
term limits imposed on elected state officials were severable from provisions imposing term limits on elected federal officials).
6
Art. VI, s. 4(c), Fla. Const.
7
See Art. VI, s. 4, Fla. Const. (1992); Billy Buzzett and Steven J. Uhlfelder, Constitution Revision Commission: A Retrospective and
Prospective Sketch, The Florida Bar Journal (April 1997), https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/constitution-revision-
commission-a-retrospective-and-prospective-sketch (last visited Feb. 18, 2022).
8
Charter of the City of Jacksonville, Florida, art. 13, s. 13.15 (Jan. 27, 2022), available at
https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHRELA_PTACHLA CHJAFL_ART13DUCOSCB
O.
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Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill prohibits a school board member from appearing on a ballot for reelection if, by the end of his
or her current term of office, the member will have served, or would have served if not for resignation,
in that office for 12 consecutive years. The proposed limitation would apply only to terms of office
beginning on or after November 8, 2022, and is prospective, so that school board members reelected
to a consecutive term in 2022 could serve another 12 consecutive years before reaching the term limit.
The bill does not preempt term limits of less than 12 years. Consequently, a school board member who
resides in Duval County would not appear on the ballot after the eighth year.
Curriculum and Library Materials in Traditional Public Schools
Present Situation
Instructional Materials Adoption
Each district school board has the constitutional duty and responsibility to select and provide adequate
instructional materials to each student for core courses in mathematics, language arts, science, social
studies, reading, and literature for kindergarten through grade 12.
9
“Adequate instructional materials”
are defined by law as a sufficient number of student or site licenses or sets of materials that are
available in bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hardbacked or softbacked
textbooks, electronic content, consumables, learning laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and
computer courseware or software that serve as the basis for instruction for students.
10
The Florida Department of Education (DOE) facilitates the instructional materials adoption process
statewide through evaluation of materials submitted by publishers and manufacturers.
11
Expert
reviewers chosen by the DOE must objectively evaluate materials based on alignment to Florida’s
state-adopted standards, accuracy, and appropriateness for age and grade level.
12
Instructional
materials selected by reviewers must:
accurately portray the ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, religious, physical, and racial diversity of
our society, including men and women in professional, career, and executive roles, and the role
and contributions of the entrepreneur and labor in the total development of this state and the
United States;
accurately portray humankind’s place in ecological systems, including the necessity for the
protection of our environment and conservation of our natural resources and the effects on the
human system of the use of tobacco, alcohol, controlled substances, and other dangerous
substances;
encourage thrift, fire prevention, and humane treatment of people and animals;
contain the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States when
appropriate to the comprehension of students for social science, history, or civics classes; and
not contain any matter reflecting unfairly upon persons because of their race, color, creed,
national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, disability, socioeconomic status, or occupation.
13
Based on reviewer recommendations of materials that are “suitable, usable, and desirable,” the
Commissioner of Education then selects and adopts instructional materials for each subject and grade
9
See s. 1006.40(2), F.S.
10
Section 1006.28(1), F.S. Digital and instructional materials, including software applications, must be provided by each school
board, in consultation with the district school superintendent, to students with disabilities in prekindergarten through grade 12. Section
1003.4203(2), F.S.
11
Section 1006.34(1), F.S.
12
Section 1006.31, F.S.
13
Section 1006.31(2)(a)-(d), F.S.
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under consideration.
14
The DOE must provide training to instructional materials reviewers on
competencies for making valid, culturally sensitive, and objective recommendations prior to the
reviewers beginning the review and selection process.
15
After adoption, the DOE must make the final report of instructional materials available at all times for
public inspection. The DOE Office of Instructional Materials announces the adoption by publicly posting
the list on its website, as well as emailing district instructional materials contacts with the newly
approved materials.
16
School districts receive an allocation of state funds each year for instructional materials, library books,
and reference books.
17
Unless a school district has implemented its own instructional materials review
process,
18
at least 50 percent of the allocation of funds must be used to purchase instructional
materials on the state-adopted list.
19
The remaining 50 percent of the annual allocation may be used for
the purchase of library and reference books, nonprint materials, and the repair and renovation of
materials; however, such materials are not subject to the same school-district adoption procedures as
instructional materials.
20
Each school district superintendent must annually, by July 1, certify to the Commissioner of Education
that the district school board has approved a comprehensive staff development plan supporting fidelity
of implementation of instructional materials programs. Certification includes verification that:
21
training was provided;
materials are being implemented as designed; and
core reading and reading intervention materials used in kindergarten through grade 5 meet
minimum requirements.
22
Each district school board must maintain a list of all purchased instructional materials, by grade level,
on its website.
23
Materials purchased, including instructional materials and library media and reference
books, must be free of pornography and harmful materials to minors
24
; suited to student needs and
their ability to comprehend the materials presented; and appropriate for the grade level and age group
for which the materials are used or made available.
25
Prior to the purchase of any instructional material, whether from the state-adopted list or through a
district-established instructional materials review process, a district school board must:
establish a process to allow student editions of recommended instructional materials to be
accessed and viewed online by the public at least 20 calendar days before the required school
board hearing and public meeting;
conduct an open, noticed school board hearing to receive public comment on the recommended
instructional materials;
conduct an open, noticed public meeting, on another date, to approve an annual instructional
materials plan to identify any instructional materials that will be purchased;
14
Section 1006.34(2)(a), F.S. Generally, the commissioner adopts instructional materials according to a 5-year rotating schedule. The
commissioner may approve a shorter schedule if the content area requires more frequent revision. Section 1006.36(1), F.S.
15
Section 1006.29(5), F.S.
16
Florida Department of Education, Instructional Materials, Archive, https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-
materials/archive/ (last visited Jan. 1, 2022). The DOE website has all adopted instructional materials lists from 2005 to present.
17
See s. 1011.67, F.S.
18
See s. 1006.283, F.S.
19
Section 1006.34, F.S. All adopted materials are posted on the DOE Instructional Materials webpage. Florida Department of
Education, Instructional Materials, https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials/ (last visited January 17, 2022).
20
See s. 1006.40(3)(b), F.S.
21
Section 1011.67(2), F.S.
22
See s. 1001.215(8), F.S. (requirements for reading programs are established by the Just Read, Florida! Office at DOE).
23
Section 1006.28(2)(a)(1), F.S.
24
See s. 847.012, F.S.
25
Section 1006.40(3)(d), F.S.
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provide notice for the school board hearing and the public meeting that specifically states the
instructional materials being reviewed and how they can be accessed for public review; and
establish a process for public comment on, and review of, the recommended instructional
materials.
26
The below graphic portrays the state and district level adoption of instructional materials compared to
the adoption of all other materials, including library media materials.
27
As part of the adoption process, some school districts convene a committee composed of teachers and
other stakeholders to provide a preliminary review of instructional materials and make
recommendations to the district school board for adoption.
28
Not all instructional materials review
committee meetings are noticed and open to the public. However, in September 2021, the Second
District Court of Appeal held that when a district school board delegates decision-making authority to an
instructional materials review committee, any meeting in which the committee exercises the authority to
26
Sections 1006.40(4)(b) and 1006.283(2)(b)8., 9., and 11., F.S.
27
Florida House of Representatives, Education and Employment Committee, Instructional Materials Fact Sheet (2020).
28
See The School District of Palm Beach County, District Instructional Materials Guidelines for Selection Procedures, available at
https://p14cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_270532/File/Students%20&%20Parents/Textbooks/Guidelines%20fo
r%20District%20Adoptions.pdf.
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rank, eliminate, or select materials for final approval by the school board must be noticed and open in
accordance with the Sunshine Law.
29
Library Media and Other Materials
In addition to instructional materials, each district school board is responsible for the content of any
other materials used in the classroom, made available in a school library, or included on a reading list,
whether adopted and purchased from the state-adopted instructional materials list, adopted and
purchased through a district instructional materials program, or otherwise purchased or made
available.
30
Librarians/Media Specialists
Librarians/media specialists are defined by law as staff members responsible for evaluating, selecting,
organizing, and managing media and technology resources, equipment, and related systems. They are
also responsible for working with teachers and students to make resources available in instructional
programs, media productions, and location and use of information resources.
31
Educators in Florida
may become certified educational media specialists through the DOE certification process, but Florida
schools are not required to employ a certified educational media specialist.
To become a certified educational media specialist in prekindergarten through grade 12, an individual
must complete one of the following pathways:
32
a bachelor’s degree or higher with an undergraduate or graduate major in educational media or
library science; or
a bachelor’s degree or higher with thirty semester hours in educational media or library science
to include credit in management of library media programs, collection development, library
media resources, reference sources and services, organization of collections, and design and
production of educational media.
Each school district must provide training to school librarians and media specialists regarding the
prohibition against distributing harmful materials to minors, and best practices for providing students
access to age-appropriate materials and library resources.
33
The Office of Library Media Services at the DOE supports district library media supervisors to help
create and maintain quality library programs and foster a love of reading and effective use of ideas and
information by students and faculty.
34
Selection Processes of Library Media Materials
The selection of instructional materials, library media, and other reading materials used in the public-
school system must include consideration of the age of the students who normally could be expected to
have access to the material, the educational purpose to be served by the material, the degree to which
the material would be supplemented and explained by classroom programs, and the consideration of
the diversity of the students in Florida.
35
As provided, supra, library media books and materials are not
included in state-level instructional materials adoption, and are reviewed and selected at the school
level.
29
Florida Citizens Alliance, Inc. v. School Bd. of Collier Cnty., 328 So.3d 22 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021). Florida's Sunshine Law is
established in s. 286.011, F.S.
30
Section 1006.28(2)(a)1., F.S.
31
Section 1012.01(2)(c), F.S.
32
Rule 6A-4.0251, F.A.C.
33
Section 1006.28(2)(d), F.S.
34
Florida Department of Education, Library Media Services, https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/subject-areas/library-media-
services-instructional-t/ (last visited Jan. 18, 2022).
35
Section 1006.34(2)(b), F.S.
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School district policies regarding library media materials selection vary. Some school districts have
policies that provide criteria for the selection of materials, with consideration being given to the needs of
the school based on the knowledge of curriculum and existing collection, and the needs of the students
attending the school.
36
Such procedures may include the school media specialist evaluating reputable,
unbiased, and professionally prepared aids such as those published by companies and accepted by the
educational media profession. The school media specialist may also consult with other staff members
of a school regarding evaluation of materials. Some school districts also utilize district handbooks that
provide support for library media specialists.
37
Best practices for developing a school library collection include research on potential books and basing
selections on the goals and objectives of the school and the students’ personal interests and learning.
Materials should be appropriate for the subject area and age, emotional development, ability level,
learning styles, and development of the students for whom the materials are selected.
38
Resources
such as Association for Library Service to Children, Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Young
Adult Library Services Association are commonly recommended review sources for school librarians.
39
Several school districts in Florida implement an online, searchable catalogue of all library materials at
each school for parents, students, and the public to access materials.
40
Objection to Materials
Each district school board is required to establish a process by which a parent or resident of the county
may contest the district school board’s adoption of a specific material.
41
The parent or resident must file
a petition, on a form provided by the school board, within 30 calendar days after the adoption of the
material. The school board is required to conduct at least one open public hearing before an unbiased
and qualified hearing officer that is not an employee or agent of the school district. Following the
hearing, the school board’s decision is made and not subject to further petition or review.
42
In addition, each school district must have a process by which a parent or resident of the county can
object to the use of a specific instructional material that was not subject to public adoption procedures
or other material used in a classroom, made available in a school library, or included on a reading list.
43
If, through this process, the district school board finds that an instructional material does not meet state
standards for adoption or that a material contains content harmful to a minor, is not suited to student
needs and ability to comprehend the material, or is inappropriate for the grade level and age group it is
used for, the district must discontinue the use of the material for that grade level or age group.
44
There
is no requirement that a current list of removed or discontinued materials be published.
36
See, e.g., The School District of Osceola County, Florida, 2021-22 School Board Rules, 4.22 Educational Media Materials
Selection (2021) at 189, available at
https://www.osceolaschools.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=15041&dataid=75567&FileName=___OCSBR%2
02021-22%20121421.pdf.
37
Santa Rosa County School District, Library Media Handbook (2016), available at https://sites.santarosa.k12.fl.us/files/lmshdbk.pdf
(providing a mission statement, the role of the school library media specialist, and the library media center management, evaluation,
and selection protocol).
38
American Library Association, Selection Criteria, School Library Selection Criteria,
https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/criteria (last visited Jan. 17, 2022).
39
Id.
40
See, e.g., Orange County Public Schools, Orange County Library System Website (2021), available at
https://ocps.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?context=saas065_0960615. See also Miami-Dade County Public Schools,
Destiny Catalog (2021), available at http://virtuallibrary.dadeschools.net/. School districts including Orange County and Miami-Dade
County use Follett Destiny Library Manager, a commonly used platform for school library management. See Follett Destiny Library
Manager, https://www.follettlearning.com/education-technology/library-management-system. (last visited Jan. 20, 2022).
41
Section 1006.28(2)(a)(3), F.S.
42
Id.
43
Section 1006.28(2)(a)2., F.S.
44
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Required Instruction
Florida law requires certain topics to be taught in kindergarten through grade 12 public schools annually
to ensure coverage of all State Board of Education adopted standards in reading and language arts,
mathematics, science, social studies, foreign languages, health and physical education, and the arts.
45
Instructional personnel must teach these topics efficiently and faithfully, utilizing materials that meet the
highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy.
46
Districts must submit a report to the Commissioner of Education annually describing how instruction
was provided during the previous school year, including specific courses in which instruction was
delivered, a description of materials and resources utilized to deliver instruction, and the professional
qualifications of the person delivering instruction for specified topics.
47
Required instruction topics are not correlated with the instructional materials adoption process at the
DOE; therefore, instructional materials that are purchased by a school district to teach these topics may
not go through a public adoption process as with instructional materials for core courses.
48
For
example, the most recent state instructional materials adoption that included a call for health and
physical education materials was in the 2015-2016 adoption; however, no materials were adopted for
health and physical education for kindergarten through grade 8.
49
The previous year’s adoption, in
2014-2015, adopted three instructional materials for health and physical education courses in high
school grade levels.
50
Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill improves transparency and accountability relating to the selection and use of instructional
materials and library materials in schools.
Specifically, the bill requires each school district to publish on its website, in a searchable format
prescribed by the DOE, a list of all instructional materials, including those used to teach required
instruction topics. Before the district adoption of a material, the district must provide public access to
the material, excluding teacher editions, for public inspection, consistent with current procedures and
safeguards for school district instructional materials adoption. The selection, approval, adoption, or
purchase of the material must be a separate line item on the school board meeting agenda, with
reasonable opportunity for public comment.
The bill also codifies the holding of the Second District Court of Appeal by requiring that any meeting of
a school district instructional review committee in which materials are ranked, eliminated, or selected
for recommendation to the school board be noticed and open to the public as required by state
45
Section 1003.42(1), F.S.
46
Section 1003.42(2), F.S.
47
Rule 6A-1.094124, F.A.C. The DOE provides the Required Instruction Portal website for districts to annually submit information
on required topics. Florida Department of Education, Florida Required Instruction Portal, https://www.flrequiredinstruction.org/ (last
visited Jan. 18, 2022).
48
Instructional materials adoption at the state level focuses on one or more related subject areas per year, on 5-year rotating basis.
Florida Department of Education, Instructional Materials, FLORIDA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ADOPTION SCHEDULE FOR
ADOPTION YEARS 2020-2021 THROUGH 2023-2024 (2020), available at
https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5574/urlt/AdoptionCycle.pdf. The DOE posts the instructional materials adoption cycle for 5
years. K-12 Mathematics is the subject area in the 2021-2022 year.
49
Florida Department of Education, Instructional Materials, 2015-2016 Florida Department of Education 6-12 Career and Technical
Education, K-8 Physical and Health Education, K-12 Visual and Performing Arts, and K-12 World Languages: Chinese, German,
Italian and Latin Adopted Instructional Materials (July 12, 2016), available at
https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5574/urlt/2015-2016AdoptedIMUpdate.pdf.
50
Florida Department of Education, Instructional Materials, 2014-2015 Florida Department of Education Adopted Instructional
Materials (Jan. 28, 2016), available at https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5574/urlt/1415AIMDec2015.pdf.
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sunshine laws. Any committee convened for this purpose must include parents of students in the
district.
Beginning June 30, 2022, school districts must annually submit to the Commissioner of Education a
report identifying materials for which the school district received an objection for the school year,
materials that are removed or discontinued as a part of the objection, and the grade level and course
for which a removed material was used. Superintendents must include removed or discontinued
materials in the annual certification of approved instructional materials programs annually due to the
Commissioner of Education. The DOE must publish, regularly update, and disseminate to school
districts a list of materials that are removed or discontinued as a result of an objection.
The bill also requires the DOE to develop an online training for school librarians, media specialists, and
other personnel involved in selecting library media and collections or materials maintained on a reading
list. Personnel involved in the selection of school district library materials must complete the training
prior to reviewing and selecting materials and library resources. The bill specifies that the training must
be available no later than January 1, 2023, and must assist reviewers in complying with section
1006.31(2), F.S., which requires, among other things, reviewers to include materials portraying the
ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, religious, physical, and racial diversity of our society, and to exclude
materials containing pornography and prohibited under section 847.012, F.S.
51
Personnel must
complete the training by July 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, as certified by each school district
superintendent.
With respect to the selection of library materials, the bill requires that each book included in a school
library collection or recommended or assigned as part of a school- or grade-level reading list be
selected by a certified educational media specialist, regardless of how the book is acquired. The bill
also requires each elementary school to publish on its website, in a searchable format prescribed by
the DOE, a list of all materials maintained in the school library media center or required as part of a
school or grade-level reading list.
The bill provides consistency for selecting library materials within each district by requiring each district
school board to adopt and post on its website procedures for developing library media center
collections. The procedures must:
require that book selections be free of pornography and prohibited materials harmful to minors,
suited to student needs, and appropriate for the grade level and age group;
require consultation of reputable, professionally recognized reviewing periodicals and school
community stakeholders for each selection;
consider reader interest, support of academic standards and aligned curriculum, and academic
needs of students and faculty; and
provide for regular removal or discontinuance of books based on physical condition, rate of
recent circulation, alignment to state standards and relevancy to curriculum, out-of-date content,
and required removal.
The bill provides that school principals are responsible for overseeing compliance with school library
media center materials selection procedures at their school.
II. FISCAL ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT
A. FISCAL IMPACT ON STATE GOVERNMENT:
1. Revenues:
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None.
2. Expenditures:
None.
B. FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
1. Revenues:
See fiscal comments.
2. Expenditures:
See fiscal comments.
C. DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT ON PRIVATE SECTOR:
None.
D. FISCAL COMMENTS:
The bill has an indeterminate fiscal impact to the DOE for development of a training program for library
media reviewers. The bill allows for more than one training program for other personnel involved in the
selection of school district library materials. District school boards may incur costs to ensure approval
of all district materials have been evaluated and selected by certified library media specialists.