If the newer edition is approved for substitution, then it replaces the older edition on contract. Publishers may not request substitutions prior to October 1 of year two of the adoption. LEAs may dispose of textbooks, which are no longer on the state-adopted textbook list by sale, gift, or exchange. LEAs shall remit proceeds of sale to the department. The department shall credit these proceeds to the LEA's textbook account.
School systems have local flexibility to decide how funds are expended.
Some publishing companies publish translations of the materials that are on the North Carolina adopted textbook list. These translations are not adopted and are not available from the Textbook Warehouse. The Textbook Adoptions Office collects information from publishers regarding foreign language materials that are available from the publisher. Orders for modified textbooks are placed with the Textbook Warehouse.