Posted on 02/22/2003 9:12:23 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
California's board of education would be required to weigh price when adopting new textbooks for the state's 6 million public school students under bills introduced in both houses of the state Legislature on Friday.
The bills' sponsors faulted the state board for its failure to control spiraling textbook prices. The proposed laws are a response to a Mercury News investigation in December that revealed prices of state-adopted textbooks have nearly tripled in some cases in the past decade -- in part because the state board, which has sole power in choosing texts, does not bother to negotiate for the best price.
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