2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 156 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION .438 Administrative regulations for reviewing and resolving claims of factual errors in adopted textbooks.
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156.438 Administrative regulations for reviewing and resolving claims of factual
errors in adopted textbooks.
(1)
(2)
The Kentucky Board of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to
establish procedures for reviewing and resolving claims of factual errors found in
textbooks after adoption by the State Textbook Commission.
The administrative regulations shall include:
(a) A process for an individual who believes that a factual error or errors have
been found to file notice of his or her findings;
(b) A methodology for validating the accuracy of a claim of factual error;
(c) The development of conditions to include in publishers' contracts specifying
protocols for correcting errors which take into account the following:
1.
The extensiveness of the errors found;
2.
The remaining time left until the next textbook adoption cycle at the
time the claim is determined to be valid;
3.
Conditions that would necessitate replacement of a book in its entirety;
and
4.
Conditions that could be addressed through the insertion of corrections
in textbooks without replacement;
(d) Notice to school districts of errors, if found, and the resolution determined to
be available; and
(e) Notice to the claimant relative to the validation review and the resolution
determined to be available if the claim of error was validated.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011.
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