NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT
School Board of Palm Beach County
RULE TITLE: Textbooks and Related
Instructional Materials.
RULE NUMBER: Policy 8.122.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Adopting, purchasing, allocating, using, and
disposing of textbooks and related materials.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This proposed
revision will include minor updates to the Policy to reflect the adoption of
the new K-20 Education Code and the proposed adoption of Policy 8.1225,
regarding accountability for instructional materials, as well as incorporating
portions of Directive 8.123.
SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2) [230.22(2)], 1001.42(22)
[230.23(22)], Fla. Stat.
LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1001.32(2)
[230.03(2)]; 1006.28 [230.23(7); 230.33(9)]; 1006.29 [233.07(4)]; 1006.40
[233.34]; 1006.41 [233.37], Fla. Stat.
CONTACT PERSON: Meezie Pierce, 3300
Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT of the Proposed
Policy Development may promptly be obtained without cost from the District’s web
site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm (or from Office of Public Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd.
Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406).
RULE DEVELOPMENT HEARING: It is
anticipated that this policy development will be considered at the School
Board's Special Meeting on Policies on December
2, 2002, at 2:00 p.m., in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd.,
West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.