Classroom Enhancement Package - Textbooks

The Legislature approved funds for school districts to purchase textbooks.

According to House Bill No. 670, Section 6:
"Of the moneys appropriated in Section 3 of this act, $9,950,000 shall be distributed for the purchase of instructional software and textbooks, whether physical or electronic. In order to be eligible to receive such funds, the school district or public charter school shall [expend] at least one dollar ($1.00) in discretionary funds on such purchases for every three dollars ($3.00) in funds provided by this section. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the formulas and methodologies by which such funds are distributed, within the framework of an average daily attendance (ADA) based distribution."

Distribution:

This distribution will be based on 2008-2009 first reporting period average daily attendance, which will not be available until February 2009. In order to distribute funds early in the school year, an advance payment of 75% will be made in August 2008 based on prior year average daily attendance, or in the case of new charter schools, estimated average daily attendance. Once 2008-2009 average daily attendance is available, school district / charter school distributions will be calculated. The final payment will be the difference between these amounts and the advance payments. The final payment will be made after the statement is received by the SDE. Budget $15 per grades K-6 estimated average daily attendance, and $30 per grades 7-12 estimated average daily attendance. Because this is a fixed dollar appropriation, actual amounts may vary slightly from budgeted amounts.

The funds will be distributed based on average daily attendance, but are not limited to be spent per student. The State Department of Education encourages school districts and charter schools to spend the money where textbooks are needed most.

PDF Icon Special Distributions FY 2010
Permissible Uses:

Textbooks, whether physical or electronic, are defined as:

  • Textbooks
  • Workbooks
  • Intervention and intensive intervention parts
  • Replacement curriculum
  • Electronic instruction software

The definition does not include hardware that may be necessary for electronic instruction software or software used for remediation.

Supplanting Funds:

School districts and charter schools may use the textbook funding to supplant state funds, not federal funds, currently being spent on textbooks.