Effective 5/12/2020 53G-7-602. 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 […]
Effective 7/1/2019 53G-7-603. 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 […]
Effective 7/1/2019 53G-7-606. Disposal of textbooks. (1) An LEA may not dispose of textbooks without first notifying all other LEAs in the state of the LEA’s intent to dispose of the textbooks. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to textbooks that have been damaged, mutilated, or worn out. (3) The state board shall develop rules […]
