2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 156 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 156.435 Adoption of lists -- Rejections -- Execution of contracts -- Publication of lists.
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156.435 Adoption of lists -- Rejections -- Execution of contracts -- Publication
of lists.
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The State Textbook Commission shall, not later than September 20 of any year
in which an adoption is to be made, select, recommend, and publish a list of
books or programs in each subject and grade, taking into account the needs of
the various types of students.
The State Textbook Commission shall have the authority to reject any book
which:
(a) Contains subversive material or information that is offered for listing or
adoption. If the commission finds on the multiple list any book which
contains subversive material or information, provided the publisher of the
book has been given written notice by the secretary of the commission
not less than thirty (30) days prior to the meeting, the textbook
commission shall have authority to remove the book from the state
multiple list;
(b) Is in noncompliance with standards and specifications set forth in KRS
156.410; or
(c) Is not of high quality in terms of the content provided, the audience
addressed, the format used, the readability of material or the ancillary
materials provided the teacher and students.
The State Textbook Commission shall have the authority to solicit additions for
the state list when the list does not contain books or materials for subjects
added to the state courses of study.
The chief state school officer shall make and execute contracts for the
recommended textbooks and programs with the publishers on or before May 1
following the establishment of the state multiple list of recommended titles
selected by the commission. Except as described in KRS 156.400, all contracts
shall run for six (6) years.
The chief state school officer shall prepare a multiple list of recommended
textbooks or programs and publish the list along with a consumer guide and
distribute the documents to the superintendents of each county and
independent school district in Kentucky on or before November 15 of each
adoption year.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 5, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 153, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky.
Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 154, sec. 3, effective July 15,
1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 7, effective March 13, 1974. -Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 8.
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