Bill Text: IN SB0251 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Textbook rental fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-02-18 - Representative Noe added as cosponsor [SB0251 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0251-Amended.html
January 22, 2010
SENATE BILL No. 251
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DIGEST OF SB 251
(Updated January 20, 2010 7:44 pm - DI 71)
Citations Affected: IC 20-26.
Synopsis: Textbook rental fees. Permits public and nonpublic schools
to rent textbooks using an average fee for each student if the average
is determined using the same total rental fees that would be charged
under the per student method.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
Kenley
, Head
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
January 21, 2010, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 22, 2010
Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)
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SENATE BILL No. 251
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-26-12-2; (10)SB0251.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 20-26-12-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2. (a) A governing body may purchase from a
contracting publisher, at a price equal to or less than the net contract
price, any textbook adopted by the state board and selected by the
proper local officials. The governing body may rent these textbooks to
students enrolled in any public or nonpublic school that is:
(1) in compliance with the minimum certification standards of the state board; and
(2) located within the attendance unit served by the governing body.
The annual rental rate may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the retail price of the textbooks.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the governing body may not assess a rental fee of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the retail price of a textbook that has been:
(1) adopted for usage by students under IC 20-20-5;
(2) extended for usage by students under IC 20-20-5-2; and
(3) paid for through rental fees previously collected.
(c) Instead of determining rental fees for textbooks under subsections (a) and (b), a governing body may rent textbooks to students enrolled in public and nonpublic schools described in subsection (a) for a uniform fee per student. To use a uniform fee, the governing body must adopt a resolution to use the uniform fee or receive a resolution to use the uniform fee that is adopted by the governing board of a nonpublic school whose students rent textbooks from the governing body. A uniform textbook rental fee used under this subsection must be calculated using:
(1) a numerator representing the sum of the rental fees for all of the books to be rented by the governing body to students of a public school or to students of a nonpublic school; and
(2) a denominator representing the number of students to whom textbooks are to be rented.
In determining the sum to be used as the numerator in the calculation, the number representing the rental fee for a book to which subsection (a) applies may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the book's retail price and the number representing the rental fee for a book to which subsection (b) applies may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the book's retail price.
(c) (d) This section does not limit other laws.
(1) in compliance with the minimum certification standards of the state board; and
(2) located within the attendance unit served by the governing body.
The annual rental rate may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the retail price of the textbooks.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the governing body may not assess a rental fee of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the retail price of a textbook that has been:
(1) adopted for usage by students under IC 20-20-5;
(2) extended for usage by students under IC 20-20-5-2; and
(3) paid for through rental fees previously collected.
(c) Instead of determining rental fees for textbooks under subsections (a) and (b), a governing body may rent textbooks to students enrolled in public and nonpublic schools described in subsection (a) for a uniform fee per student. To use a uniform fee, the governing body must adopt a resolution to use the uniform fee or receive a resolution to use the uniform fee that is adopted by the governing board of a nonpublic school whose students rent textbooks from the governing body. A uniform textbook rental fee used under this subsection must be calculated using:
(1) a numerator representing the sum of the rental fees for all of the books to be rented by the governing body to students of a public school or to students of a nonpublic school; and
(2) a denominator representing the number of students to whom textbooks are to be rented.
In determining the sum to be used as the numerator in the calculation, the number representing the rental fee for a book to which subsection (a) applies may not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the book's retail price and the number representing the rental fee for a book to which subsection (b) applies may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the book's retail price.
