16 NCAC 06D .0208         TEXTBOOK COMPANY REGISTER

(a)  In accordance with G.S. 115C‑94, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall maintain a register of all publishers who submit books for adoption by the SBE.  The Superintendent shall prescribe the information required for registration.

(b)  Only registered companies will receive notice of proposed textbook adoptions by the SBE.

(c)  The Superintendent shall remove from the Textbook Company Register any publisher whose representatives attempt to exercise undue pressure of any kind to adopt its books upon a member of the Textbook Commission, the Regional Textbook Evaluation Advisory Committees, the Curriculum Review Committee, or the Department.

(d)  The SBE shall direct the Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove from the Textbook Company Register any publisher whose representatives attempt to exercise undue pressure of any form upon a member of the SBE to adopt its books.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 115C‑89;

Eff. March 1, 1990.