(2014-15 Estimated Total = $179.7 Million, Including $46 Million from Lottery)
Each public school district is eligible for an apportionment of Textbook Aid in an amount equal to the district’s actual expenditures during the base year for textbook purchases for resident public and nonpublic pupils, including resident charter school pupils, up to a maximum equal to the product of $58.25 multiplied by the number of pupils residing in the district and enrolled during the base year in grades K-12 in a public school district or nonpublic school. Eligible expenses may include courseware or other content based instructional material in an electronic format. Each public school district is required to purchase and loan textbooks during the current school year on an equitable basis to resident public and resident nonpublic students.
