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MS SB2431
Bill
AI Summary
- Removes the requirement that textbook suppliers must maintain a depository within Mississippi, allowing depositories to be located in a regional area in "reasonable proximity" to the state instead
- Authorizes the State Board of Education to approve regional depositories for textbook distribution, with distribution costs capped at 8% of the total annual appropriation
- Repeals obsolete provisions including requirements for uniform labels inside book covers, county courthouse storage space for textbooks, advertising on textbook protective covers, and mandatory purchases of the Mississippi Blue Book
- Maintains the requirement that textbook prices cannot exceed the lowest price at which the same book is sold anywhere in the United States after all discounts
- Effective date of July 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Procedure for the purchase of textbooks by the State Board of Education; revise provisions of.
Last Action
Approved by Governor
3/11/2022
Committee Referrals
Education2/8/2022
Education1/17/2022
Full Bill Text
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