COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, YOUTH ANDCULTURE
BILL NO. 29-0007
Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the Virgin Islands
February 8, 2011
An Act amending title 17 V.I.C., establishing the eBook program
PROPOSED BY:
Senators Carlton “Ital” Dowe, Alicia “Chucky” Hansen, LouisPatrick Hill, Shawn-Michael Malone, Usie R. Richards andSammuel SanesCo-Sponsors: Ronald E. Russell, Patrick Simeon Sprauve,Alvin L. Williams and Janette Millin Young
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands:
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SECTION 1
. Title 17 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 5, section 42 (a) is amended by
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inserting the words “and any form of electronic books and digital resources” after the word
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“books”.
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SECTION 2
. Act No. 7126 is amended in Section 1 by striking “2010” and inserting
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“2011”.
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SECTION 3.
Act No. 7126 is further amended in Section 1, subsection (b) by inserting
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after the word “Program”, the words, “which must include books for an Electronic Book (ebook)
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and Digital Resources Pilot Program for elementary, junior, high, and alternative education
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schools and programs. This sum may be used with any other federal grants to achieve its
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objective.”
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SECTION 4
. Act No. 7126 is further amended in Section 1, by adding subsection (b)(1)
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to read: “The implementation of the Department of Education’s Textbook Adoption Program
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which includes an Electronic Book (ebook) and Digital Resources Pilot Program shall commence
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no later than the start of the 2012/2013 academic school year.”
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SECTION 5
. Act No. 7126 is further amended in Section 1, by adding subsection (b)(2)
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to read: “An assessment of the Department of Education’s Textbook Adoption Program which
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includes an Electronic Book (ebook) and Digital Resources Pilot Program shall be conducted by
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the Department of Education no later than one year after its implementation and a report of the
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assessment shall be submitted to the Legislature’s Committee on Education, Youth and Culture.”
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SECTION 6.
Act No. 7126 is further amended in Section 2 by striking “2010” and
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inserting “2011”
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BILL SUMMARY
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Section 1 of this Bill provides for the establishment of an Electronic Book and Digital
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Resources Program commonly known as ebook.
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Section 2 and 6 of this Bill provides for an extension of the availability of the funds from
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2010 to 2011.
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Section 3 of the Bill makes funding available for the ebook program through the monies
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appropriated to implement the Department of Education’s Textbook Adoption Program.
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Section 4 of this Bill provides that the Department of Education’s Textbook Adoption
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Program which includes an Electronic Book (ebook) and Digital Resources Pilot Program shall
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commence no later than the start of the 2012/2013 academic school year.
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Section 5 of this Bill provides for an assessment of the Department of Education’s Textbook
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Adoption Program which includes an Electronic Book (ebook) and Digital resources Pilot
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Program to be conducted by the Department of Education no later than one year after its
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implementation and a report of the assessment submitted to the Legislature’s Committee on
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Education, Youth and Culture.
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