Report Title:

DOE; Textbooks; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates $6,042,330 to the DOE to purchase textbooks.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

968

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TEXTBOOKS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $6,042,330, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002, for the purchase of textbooks; provided that the sum appropriated:

(1) Shall be used to eliminate the shortage of textbooks only in secondary public schools;

(2) Shall be distributed only on the basis of a school's actual textbook shortage; and

(3) May be used to purchase educational supplies directly related to a textbook being purchased.

SECTION 2. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of education for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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