2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION
ARTICLE 2A. ADOPTION OF TEXTBOOKS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES.
§18-2A-8 Textbooks, instructional materials, or learning technologies must be approved and listed; when changes may be effected; rules.

§18-2A-8. Textbooks, instructional materials, or learning technologies must be approved and listed; when changes may be effected; rules.

No textbook, instructional materials, or learning technologies shall be used in any public elementary or secondary school in West Virginia as the primary source to deliver the instructional goals and objectives for state required courses unless it has been approved and listed on the state multiple list by the state board of education, except as otherwise provided for in this section. Any changes of items made by the state board of education shall become effective upon approval. The state board of education may upon request by a county board of education and upon justification of that request, and subsequent to the adoption by a county board of education, approve the adoption of additional items to meet the needs of specific children which were not provided for in the original adoption, or waive the requirement to adopt and utilize items in a particular school as provided for in section six, article five-a of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall apply to the supplementary items that are needed from time to time.

The state board of education is authorized to grant permission to county boards of education for the continued use of previously adopted items that are listed on the most recently expired multiple list appropriate for the subject category under consideration. The continued use shall not exceed a period as designated by the state board of education. The state board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and expedient to carry out the provisions of this article.