CA bans Textbooks over 200 pages

In what seems like a budget oriented decision, California residents should expect a lighter load on their children's backs in coming school years. Deeming printed materials uninteresting and outdated, the bill calls for more digital learning.

From the bill: Textbooks are too laden with print supplemental materials, and too uninteresting in style. In the 21st century, the information age, information changes more rapidly than books can be printed. Educated, informed citizens of the 21st century will have to rely on technology and media for information. Textbooks should provide an overview of the critical questions and issues of a subject, and then become a roadmap to guide students to other means and sources of information. Students need to begin learning to use these means and sources in school  so they can consider the advantages and hazards of information acquired from these sources and use them wisely.