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MS SB2431

Bill

Status

Passed

3/11/2022

Primary Sponsor

Dennis DeBar

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

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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