Section 602 – State policy on providing free textbooks.

• (1) It is the public policy of this state that public education shall be free.

• (2) A student may not be denied an education because of economic inability to purchase textbooks necessary for advancement in or graduation from the public school system.

• (3)
  • (a) Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, an LEA:
    • (i) except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), may not sell textbooks or otherwise charge a fee for textbooks or the maintenance costs of school equipment; and
    • (ii) may only charge a fee for a textbook required for an Advanced Placement or, as described in Section 53E-10-302, a concurrent enrollment course.
  • (b) The LEA shall waive a fee described in Subsection (3)(a)(ii) in full or in part if a student qualifies for a waiver in accordance with Section 53G-7-504.

Amended by Chapter 138, 2020 General Session