[mpoulin]

Instead of lugging heavy textbooks to class, they are among the first in the nation to rely solely on computers for their lessons.

The textbook elimination comes as growing back pain complaints prompted the California legislature to pass a law limiting how much school books can weigh.

Did it ever occur to these mental giants to buy two sets of books -- one for school and the other for home?

[KingKongCobra]

They can't keep the books at school. They don't have lockers anymore because kids were hiding drugs or guns in them.

[chance33_98]

I post an article a few days back about Davis signing legislation regulating kids' back backs and how much weight they could carry, etc...