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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 21 - School Property and Supplies
Subchapter 4 - Free Textbook Act of 1975
§ 6-21-403. Requirements generally
Universal Citation: AR Code § 6-21-403 (2017)
- (a) Public school districts shall provide instructional materials, including the availability of any equipment needed to access the instructional materials, for all pupils attending the public schools of this state in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), inclusive, in all subjects taught in those grades, without cost to the pupils.
- (b) School districts may select their own instructional materials, including the equipment needed to access the instructional materials.
- (c) Any materials purchased with state funds shall be consistent with the curriculum and educational goals established by the State Board of Education.
- (d) (1) (A) The Department of Education shall monitor to ensure that all school districts in Arkansas comply with this section.
- (B) The department shall report in the annual school performance report a school district that fails to provide instructional materials, including the availability of any equipment needed to access the instructional materials.
- (2) The state board, through the department, may promulgate rules as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter and shall report to the members of the House Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Education annually any school district out of compliance by November 1 of each year.
- (B) The department shall report in the annual school performance report a school district that fails to provide instructional materials, including the availability of any equipment needed to access the instructional materials.
- (e)
- (1) As used in this subsection, "person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a company, or an association.
- (2) A person who operates in this state shall not charge a school district a price for instructional materials that exceeds the lowest contracted price currently bid in another state on the same product.
- (3) A person shall sell instructional materials at the same price to all school districts in the state and must guarantee the price for the remainder of the school year.
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