15-721. Common schools; course of study; textbooks; approval; selection; library books and materials; definition
F. The governing board shall:
1. Enforce the course of study and select all textbooks used in the common schools and purchase the textbooks from the publishers. The governing board may budget and spend district school monies for teaching aids, including instructional computer software. For courses that do not require that each student have a textbook other than for classroom instruction, the school district need only purchase one textbook for each student in the largest group that would be receiving classroom instruction at any one time.
2. Require that all meetings of committees authorized for the purposes of textbook review and selection be open to the public as prescribed in title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.
3. Make available at the school district office for review by the public, for a period of sixty days prior to formal selection of textbooks, a copy of each textbook that is being considered for selection.
4. Make available on the school district's website for review by the public a list of all books and materials purchased after January 1, 2023 for any of the district's school libraries for a period of at least sixty days after the purchase. Each school operated by the school district shall make available on the school's website for review by the public a list of all books and materials purchased after January 1, 2023 for the school library for a period of at least sixty days after the purchase. This paragraph does not apply to the purchase of a book or material that is intended to replace a lost or damaged book or material.
5. Ensure that each common school that is operated by the school district notifies the parents of each pupil enrolled in the school of the opening and closing dates of the public review required under paragraph 4 of this subsection within seven school days before the opening date.
