NIE provides the Tampa Bay Times and related educational resources to schools at no cost to schools, teachers or families through sponsor and subscriber support.

 

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The Tampa Bay Times is available for classroom use in both print and digital versions, at no charge to teachers, schools or parents.

Teachers in public, charter, private, home and alternative schools can order copies of the Times in print and or digital versions. Please fill out the form below to place your order.

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2026 - 2027 School Year Registration Form

Order Form Instructions 2026-2027 school year

Please read the instructions before placing your request.

Please completely fill out and submit the registration form below to request print and/or electronic copies of the Tampa Bay Times for your classroom for school year 2026-2027.

IMPORTANT: You must verify your 2025-2026 order before a new order will be considered. To verify your 2025-2026 order, go to the verification page, enter your email address, and follow the prompts from there. Please email ordernie@tampabay.com if there is a problem with your 2025-2026 order. DO NOT put comments on the verification form.

Once you have verified your order, you will be directed back to the 2025-2026 school year order form to place a new order.

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Orders may be rejected if an invalid email address is entered.
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The Tampa Bay Times NIE program is governed by the Alliance for Audited Media. All newspapers must be used in classroom settings. Newspapers cannot be requested for the front office or lunchrooms. In order to receive papers free of charge, you will be required to electronically sign an affidavit confirming you have received the newspapers and used them for educational purposes.

Digital delivery:

The electronic edition of the Tampa Bay Times is available to all counties. The electronic edition will be accessible from August 10, 2026 through May 29, 2027 depending on your school calendar. The electronic edition is available Sunday through Friday.

Enter the number of E-Edition licenses you're requesting. This usually equates to the largest number of computers used to view the E-Edition at any one time, or the largest number of students you expect to be viewing the E-Edition at the same time.
Licenses:
If you do not want any electronic licenses, please enter 0

Print Delivery

Print newspapers are available on a first come, first served basis. Print newspapers are available on Wednesdays and Sundays only. Enter the number of print editions you're requesting. Sunday newspapers will be delivered to schools on Wednesdays. The minimum print newspapers you can order for a class set is 5.

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