BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bid to give local school districts more freedom to choose the textbooks they use received the backing Wednesday of the House Education Committee without objection.
The measure (House Bill 116) by Rep. Frank Hoffmann, R-West Monroe, would establish that the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education can’t require local school districts to purchase specific textbooks or instructional materials.
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