SECTIONS 60070-60076 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 60070-60076

60070. No school official shall require any pupil, except pupils in
classes for adults to purchase any instructional material for the
pupils' use in the school.

60071. No publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, nor
any of his representatives, shall offer or give any emolument,
money, or other valuable thing, or any inducement, to any school
official to directly or indirectly introduce, recommend, vote for, or
otherwise influence the adoption or purchase of any instructional
material.

60072. No school official shall accept any emolument, money or
other valuable thing, or any inducement to directly or indirectly
introduce, recommend, vote for, or otherwise influence the adoption
or purchase of any instructional material.

60073. Any publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials or
his representative, or any school official who violates any of the
provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any school
official who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, in
addition to any other penalty, be removed from his official
position.

60074. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any
publisher, manufacturer, or agent from supplying for purposes of
examination necessary sample copies of instructional materials to any
school official.

60075. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a
school official from receiving sample copies of instructional
materials.

60076. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to
prohibit or restrict a school official from receiving royalties or
other compensation from the publisher or manufacturer of
instructional materials written, designed, or prepared by such school
official, and adopted or purchased by any governing board, other
than compensation paid as commission to the school official for
negotiating sales to governing boards. No district shall have or
claim the right to receive any such royalty or other compensation due
to any school official employed by the district unless the
instructional material was written or prepared during the normal
schoolday during which the school official is required by the
district to be on duty.