NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06D .0208
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes a Textbook Company Register maintained by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, requiring publishers to register in order to receive notice of proposed textbook adoptions by the State Board of Education. Publishers whose representatives attempt to exert undue pressure on textbook review or curriculum committee members, or SBE members, may be removed from the register.
Key requirements
- The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall maintain a register of all publishers who submit books for adoption by the SBE.
- The Superintendent shall prescribe the information required for registration.
- Only registered companies will receive notice of proposed textbook adoptions by the SBE.
- The Superintendent shall remove from the Textbook Company Register any publisher whose representatives attempt to exercise undue pressure of any kind to adopt its books upon a member of the Textbook Commission, the Regional Textbook Evaluation Advisory Committees, the Curriculum Review Committee, or the Department.
- The SBE shall direct the Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove from the Textbook Company Register any publisher whose representatives attempt to exercise undue pressure of any form upon a member of the SBE to adopt its books.
Affected parties
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- State Board of Education (SBE)
- Textbook publishers
- Textbook Commission members
- Regional Textbook Evaluation Advisory Committee members
- Curriculum Review Committee members
- Department of Public Instruction staff