File: IIAA
TEXTBOOK SELECTION, ADOPTION AND
PURCHASE
The School Board shall adopt
textbooks, including print or electronic media for student use that serves as
the primary curriculum basis for a grade-level subject or course from the list
of textbooks approved by the Board of Education. The School Board may also adopt books which
are not on the state-adopted list in accordance with the Board of Education
regulations.
The Buena Vista City School Board
will adopt textbooks for use in the local division based upon recommendations
presented by the superintendent following the procedures described in Policy
IIA Instructional Materials.
The Buena Vista City School Board
may either enter into written term contracts or issue purchase orders with
publishers of textbooks approved by the Board of Education. Such written contracts or purchase orders are
exempt for the Virginia Public Procurement Act (Va. Code 2.2-4300 et seq.) The contract
price shall not exceed the lowest wholesale price at which the book or books
involved in the contract are currently bid under contract anywhere in the United States. If, subsequent to the date of any contract
entered into by the School Board, the prices of books named in the contract are
reduced or the terms of the contract are made more favorable to purchase
anywhere in the United States or a special or other edition of any book named
in the contract is sold outside of Virginia at a lower price than contracted in
Virginia, the publisher shall grant the same reduction or terms to the School
Board and give the School Board the option of using such special or other
edition adapted for use in Virginia and at the lowest price at which such
special edition is sold elsewhere and the contract shall so state.
Contracts and purchase orders with
publishers of textbooks approved by the Board of Education shall require the
publisher to furnish an electronic file of the textbook in the National
Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS) format that will then
be deposited in the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) from
which accessible versions of the particular textbook may be produced for
students with print disabilities, as defined in 20 U.S.C 1474. Publishers shall deliver the NIMAS file of
the textbook on or before the date of delivery of the regular text version.
The School Board shall order
directly from the respective publishers the books needed to supply the public
schools in the school division. The
publishers shall ship the books to the school board. The purchase price of such books shall be
paid directly to the publishers by the school board.
Adopted: 11/24/03; 06/26/08
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Legal
Refs: Constitution of Virginia,
Art. VIII, section 3
Code of Virginia, 1950, as
amended, sections 22.1‑238
through 22.1‑253.
8 VAC 20-170-10.
8 VAC 20-220-10 et seq.
8 VAC 20-230-10 et seq.
Cross Ref.: KQ Commercial, Promotional, and
Corporate Sponsorships and Partnerships
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