Chap. 60.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 8 of Chapter 332 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1946, approved March 27, 1946, relating to provision of free
textbooks in the public schools. (H 205)

Approved March 1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section eight of chapter three hundred thirty-two of the
Acts of Assembly, nineteen hundred forty-six, approved March 27,
1946, be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 8. The State funds appropriated for this purpose shall
be apportioned by the State Board of Education and distributed to
the counties and cities of the State for the purchase of adopted text-
books by the respective local school boards on the basis of ninety
cents (90c) per pupil enrolled during the fiscal year preceding that
for which the apportionment and distribution are made. In the
event the amount appropriated is insufficient to make such distribu-
tion, the State Board of Education is authorized and empowered to
apportion and cause to be distributed to the counties and cities of
the State for such purpose such moneys as may have been appro-
priated by the State, for the purchase of adopted textbooks on the
aforesaid basis of ninety cents (90c) per pupil enrolled in the re-
spective grades of the public schools beginning with the special
classes and going in ascending order through the first grade and as
far up the scale of grades as the funds will permit; thereupon, the
school boards of the respective counties and cities shall, notwith-
standing other provisions of this act, be required to carry into effect
the provisions of this act only in so far as it shall relate to the grades,
the pupils in such grades, and the textbooks and other material re-
quired for such grades and pupils, as shall be covered and provided
ior by State appropriation.