KRS § 156.415 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.415
156.415 Conditions to be complied with before textbooks and programs adopted or purchased. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.415 Conditions to be complied with before textbooks and programs adopted or

purchased. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

Before textbooks and programs offered for adoption and use in public schools of

Kentucky may be lawfully recommended and listed by the State Textbook Commission

or purchased by any board of education, the person, firm, or corporation offering the

materials for adoption and use shall file with the chief state school officer:

(1) Copies of all textbooks and programs that the person, firm, or corporation desires to

offer for adoption and use, with a sworn statement of the list price and the lowest

wholesale price at which each of the titles is sold in any adopting unit;

(2) A statement that all the titles offered for sale, adoption, and use, do comply with the

standards and specifications for textbooks designated by the chief state school

officer as regards paper, binding, printing, illustrations, subject matter, and other

items included in the standards and specifications;

(3) Copies of any revision or special editions of the textbooks and programs filed, with

a statement describing in detail each point of difference from the regular edition

filed, and the list price and the lowest wholesale price at which the revision or

special edition is sold anywhere in the United States;

(4) A fee of five dollars ($5) for each book filed except when a series of books is filed,

in which case the fee shall be five dollars ($5) for the first book and one dollar ($1)

for each additional book in the series. The fee provided by this subsection shall be

paid at each and every adoption period;

(5) A bond running to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, executed by a surety company

authorized to do business in this state, in a sum not less than two thousand dollars

($2,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), to be determined by the

chief state school officer; and

(6) An affidavit certifying any textbook the publisher or manufacturer offers in the state

to be free of factual error at the time the publisher or manufacturer executes a

contract.156.415 Conditions for placing instructional materials and programs on state-

approved list. (Effective July 1, 2026)

Before instructional materials and programs offered for adoption and use in public

schools of Kentucky may be placed on the state-approved list, the person, firm, or

corporation offering the materials for adoption and use shall file with the instructional

materials depository:

(1) Copies of all instructional materials and programs that the person, firm, or

corporation desires to offer for adoption and use, with a sworn statement of the list

price and the lowest wholesale price at which each of the titles is sold in any

adopting unit;

(2) A statement that all the titles offered for sale, adoption, and use, do comply with the

standards and specifications for instructional materials designated by the chief state

school officer as regards paper, binding, printing, illustrations, subject matter, and

other items included in the standards and specifications;

(3) Copies of any revision or special editions of the instructional materials and

programs filed, with a statement describing in detail each point of difference from

the regular edition filed, and the list price and the lowest wholesale price at which

the revision or special edition is sold anywhere in the United States; and

(4) An affidavit certifying any instructional materials that the publisher or developer

offers in the state are free of factual error at the time the publisher or developer is

placed on the state-approved list.