§ 6-21-404 - Duties of State Board of Education generally. - Arkansas Statutes

6-21-404. Duties of State Board of Education generally.

(a) The State Board of Education is authorized and empowered to:

(1) Make rules and regulations to implement this subchapter and to provide for a statewide textbook selection committee;

(2) Require reports from school districts on the use and distribution of these items; and

(3) Do whatever else may be necessary for the general welfare of the public school textbook and instructional materials system in order to acquire the items at the lowest possible cost.

(b) The powers enumerated in this section are cumulative and not restrictive.

(c) (1) The state board shall have power to include any additional regulations in the bid and contract form that the state board deems best for the administration of this subchapter.

(2) Any regulations included in the bid and contract forms and accepted by the publisher shall be construed as a part of this subchapter.

(3) Publishers shall be required to comply with the additional regulations as if they were included in this subchapter.

(d) Publishers must sell their materials at the same price to all schools and school districts in the state and must guarantee that price for the life of a state adoption cycle.