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156.410 Evaluation of textbooks and programs.
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The chief state school officer shall prepare minimum manufacturing standards,
delineate content specifications, in accordance with the curriculum requirements of
the program of studies for Kentucky schools: grades K-12, and formulate other
criteria for use in the evaluation of textbooks and programs in Kentucky. Criteria
shall require that all materials be suitable for use with a diverse population and be
free of social, ethnic, racial, religious, age, gender, and geographic bias.
It shall be the duty of the chief state school officer to prepare all necessary forms for
use in the evaluation of textbooks and programs, such as advertising for textbook
bids; forms for bids, bonds, and contracts; and other forms.
The Kentucky Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the chief state
school officer, shall have authority to prescribe:
(a) Administrative regulations pertaining to all textbook samples for use on the
state and local levels; and
(b) Shall have authority to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the
agents and representatives of textbooks and programs, as to the methods and
procedures for use in adoptions on the state and local levels.
The chief state school officer, on or before May 1 prior to any adoption year, shall
properly advertise the subjects for which textbook adoptions will be made and
notify the different publishers of the textbooks. The publishers, on or before July
15, of any adoption year, shall file with the chief state school officer textbook
samples, filing fees, textbook bids and bonds, and other specified information
relative to the books that they desire to offer for adoption.
The chief state school officer shall:
(a) Review the bid information submitted by the publishers;
(b) Verify that the bid complies with the specifications; and
(c) Prepare a list of textbooks and programs, for consideration by the State
Textbook Commission indicating those in compliance with the standards and
specifications and those not in compliance, detailing areas of noncompliance.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1996 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
476, Pt. IV, sec. 148, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 138,
sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective
June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 3, effective March 13, 1974. -Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 3.
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