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<P><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">According to this press release, California will be converting textbooks to digital format this August:<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><U><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><BR>
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</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">t see anything in this press release about digital format for post-secondary textbooks. Is there something else</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">Governor Schwarzenegger</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana"> has in mind for college students? Some of our faculty are pointing to this press release and asking the same kinds of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">questions and are looking</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">, perhaps,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana"> for Texas to follow suit.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> <FONT color="#17365D" face="Verdana">One of our problems is our adoption of heavily customized textbooks even within the district.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN><FONT color="#000066" face="Verdana">Norma Jean</FONT></SPAN></P>
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