Florida
Regulation
"In 2000, the Florida legislature passed an amendment that stated, 'No school district or publisher may participate in a pilot program of materials being considered for adoption during the 18 months prior to the official adoption of the materials by the Commissioner of Education.'" (Fordham 2004, 27-28)
FreeReading.net Adoption
- See FreeReading under Commons-based Cases in EM-K12#Cases
As of January 2008, "Florida has adopted FreeReading.net on its short list of K-3 supplemental reading programs that schools may use state instructional money to purchase for the 2008-09 school year. This is the first open instructional program to be approved through an official state adoption, officials said." (Stansbury 2008)
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