A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION to CONDUCT A STUDY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY AND USE OF electronic copies of textbooks FOR public school students.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission shall study issues related to the availability and use of electronic copies of textbooks for public school students. As part of the study, the Commission shall consider the feasibility of requiring that all textbook contracts include a clause requiring publishers to provide an electronic version of the textbook with any printed textbook they sell to the State Board of Education. The Department of Public Instruction shall provide the Commission any information it requires to conduct this study.  The Commission shall make a report of the results of its study and any recommendations to the 2004 Regular Session of the 2003 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.