Florida and West Virginia Changes in Textbook Policy

Both Florida and West Virginia are changing policy surrounding textbooks. In Florida, a new law mandates that instructors make their list of required books available a month in advance of classes. In West Virginia, the Board of Education is considering mandating interactive electronic materials with each textbook. From the article on West Virginia’s changes:

If the board approves the new textbook adoption policy, the state would require that the primary instructional material in each classroom – what is now known simply as the “main textbook” – would have to come with an interactive component.

That component is defined as “resources that provide users the ability to select, control, manipulate, and/or contribute content to increase the learning experience.”