When the recommended official list is approved by the State Board of Education, publishers must contract with the State Textbook Commission to provide the listed books at the bid price for a six-year period. Local school systems must subsequently adopt books on the official list and provide them to their students. Local superintendents appoint committees of either three or five teachers and or supervisors who hold professional certificates, have three or more years teaching experience in the public schools, and are currently teaching or supervising the respective subjects. These committees recommend titles from the official list for the approval of the local board of education. Supplies of books are maintained in a depository in the state.
Locals make their purchases directly from the depository.