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          Date of Hearing:   July 2, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   SCR 79 (Galgiani) - As Amended:  June 19, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                             Education Vote:6-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This resolution urges the Superintendent of Public Instruction,  
          the President of the University of California, the Chancellor of  
          the California State University, and the Chancellor of the  
          California Community Colleges to ensure all persons in their  
          respective jurisdictions responsible for the procurement of  
          school or college textbooks are aware of the benefits of  
          recycled paper and consider those benefits when purchasing  
          textbooks.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          This resolution could lead to increased costs to LEAs to  
          purchase textbooks printed on recycled paper, to the extent  
          publishers experience increased production costs and pass these  
          costs on to the LEA. According to one of the supporters,  
          Conservatree, on the whole, recycled paper costs an average of  
          7%-10% more than comparable virgin papers. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . The author contends that while effort has been made  
            to organize recycling collection systems, less attention has  
            been paid to encouraging the development of markets for the  
            papers made with recovered paper collected in those systems.  
            This resolution is intended to inform markets and bolster the  
            demand for recycled papers.

           2)Opposition  .  The American Association of Publishers contends  
            that if the state's interest is to mitigate paper waste,  
            digital textbooks are an equally effective solution that  
            should be recognized.  








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081