Senate Panel To Study Textbook Tax Breaks

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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) -- The Senate will take up a proposal by Florida Governor Rick Scott that would  allow college textbooks to be sales-tax exempt.

The bill (SB 938), filed by Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Higher Education Committee on Monday.

Scott has made a major priority of the tax exemption, arguing it would help hold down college costs for students and families.

He appeared during a news conference this week with student-government leaders from across the state and touted the tax break, along with preventing tuition increases.

He said the textbook exemption would save about $41 million for students and their families.

"A great education you can't afford is no help to our students,'' Scott said.

(The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.)