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156.415   Conditions to be complied with before textbooks and programs adopted or purchased. Before  textbooks  and  programs  offered  for  adoption  and  use  in  public  schools  of 
Kentucky may be lawfully recommended and listed by the State Textbook Commission or 
purchased  by  any  board  of  education,  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  offering  the 
materials for adoption and use shall file with the chief state school officer: 
(1)  Copies of all textbooks and programs that the person, firm, or corporation desires to offer for adoption and use, with a sworn statement of the list price and the lowest 
wholesale price at which each of the titles is sold in any adopting unit; (2)  A statement that all the titles offered for sale, adoption, and use, do comply with the standards  and  specifications  for  textbooks  designated  by  the  chief  state  school 
officer  as  regards  paper,  binding,  printing,  illustrations,  subject  matter,  and  other 
items included in the standards and specifications; (3)  Copies of any revision or special editions of the textbooks and programs filed, with a  statement  describing  in  detail  each  point  of  difference  from  the  regular  edition 
filed,  and  the  list  price  and  the  lowest  wholesale  price  at  which  the  revision  or 
special edition is sold anywhere in the United States; (4)  A fee of five dollars ($5) for each book filed except when a series of books is filed, in which case the fee shall be five dollars ($5) for the first book and one dollar ($1) 
for each additional book in the series. The fee provided by this subsection shall be 
paid at each and every adoption period; (5)  A bond running to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in a sum not less than two thousand dollars 
($2,000)  nor  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000),  to  be  determined  by  the 
chief state school officer; and (6)  An affidavit certifying any textbook the publisher or manufacturer offers in the state to  be  free  of  factual  error  at  the  time  the  publisher  or  manufacturer  executes  a 
contract. Effective:  July 14, 2000 
History:  Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990  Ky.  Acts  ch. 476,  Pt. IV, sec. 149, effective  July 13, 1990.  --  Amended 1974 
Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 4, effective March 13, 1974. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, 
sec. 4.