Section 603 – Purchase of textbooks — Textbooks provided to teachers.

• (1) An LEA governing board may purchase textbooks directly from the textbook publisher at prices and terms approved by the state board.

• (2) An LEA governing board shall purchase each textbook necessary for a teacher to conduct his or her class.

• (3) An LEA may pay the LEA’s cost of furnishing textbooks from school operating funds, the textbook fund, or from other available funds.

• (4) A textbook remains the property of the LEA.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 223, 2019 General Session