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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Building Opportunities for Our Kids Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide additional funds for the purchase of textbooks for eligible schools under the schoolwide program of part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged). <p>Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a Textbook Recycling Program to facilitate the donation of textbooks by any local educational agency (LEA) to any other LEA for use by such schools. <p>Directs the Comptroller General to assess the condition of textbooks used in public elementary and secondary schools.]]></text>
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