Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 11 - Textbook and Instructional Materials Administration Handbook Rules and Regulations for the Adoption, Distribution, Care and Use of Textbooks instructional Materials in Mississippi › Section 7-11-Three - Publishers › Section 7-11-Three-6 - TIME BETWEEN STATE ADOPTION AND CARAVAN

Current through June 25, 2024
A. During
				this period after the adoption by the SBE, individual publishers/vendors may
				provide examination copies of pupil edition and teacher's edition for local
				selection committee members. In some cases, examination copies will not be
				possible because of the nature of the adopted material. Publishers/vendors may
				make available examination copies based on their individual products and
				budgets.
B. Publishers/vendors
				having textbooks adopted by the SBE will receive a listing of each of the
				school districts
(FORM C)
participating in the textbook program.
				This listing will provide the name and shipping information for the person
				receiving the official examination copies. This information will be sent to the
				local representative by e-mail once the adoption listing is released. Each
				school shall receive no more than one set of a complete product. The pupil
				edition, teacher edition, correlation, list of free materials, and price list
				for each grade level will be considered the official examination copy.
Each textbook and each consumable packaging shall contain a
				  removable label that states
Local Selection EXAMINATION COPY,
plus
				  grade level/instructional category in which the textbook has been
				  adopted.
Product(s) sent to the Local Selection Committee must be
				  returned to the individual publishers/vendors. Passwords for online curriculum
				  will expire after the adoption process.
NOTE:
All textbooks should be shipped in a
				  consumable package, not weighing more than 25 pounds, and should not be place
				  in sample boxes or display boxes.
C. All examination copies received at the
				local level are to be returned to the individual publishers/vendors. Each
				book/product and the outside of the box must have a removable label that gives
				the grade level and instructional category.
NOTE:
No examination copy may be given to school
				  personnel during local hearings, nor will committee members of school personnel
				  be permitted to keep official examination copies.
Teachers will be advised that textbooks are not to be
				  numbered, marked in any manner, or issued to students. All district textbook
				  coordinators will be notified by the individual publisher/vendor of the
				  procedures to be followed for the return of the examination copies. Publishing
				  companies and their local representatives will make the determination if
				  textbooks have been returned to the individual publishers/vendors.
It will be the publisher's responsibility to furnish the MDE
				  Office of Instructional Materials and Library Media a listing and cost of
				  textbooks not returned from each school district.
This information shall
				  be filed no later than twelve (12) months after the adoption
				  date.
This listing is necessary to debit the district allocation
				  for the textbooks not returned from non-public schools and report to public
				  school districts the amount of payment due to the respective
				  publishers/vendors.