(b) When adopting a list of textbooks and other instructional materials, the district school board shall consider whether the textbooks and other instructional materials are available through online resources that enable students with print disabilities to receive the textbooks and instructional materials free of charge.
(c) The district school board shall adopt the list in compliance with ORS 337.141 and shall involve parents and citizens in the process.
(2) The district school board shall cause the textbooks or other instructional materials, according to titles, that are included on the list adopted under subsection (1) of this section to be used in its schools at the beginning of the next school year following the state adoption under ORS 337.141, except when, pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, the district school board is authorized by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to postpone use for a reasonable period of time.
(3) District school boards shall establish a process and timeline for regularly determining whether textbooks and instructional materials on the list adopted under subsection (1) of this section are available through online resources that enable students with print disabilities to receive textbooks and instructional materials free of charge. [Amended by 1953 c.121 §3; 1965 c.100 §260; 1967 c.100 §1; 1975 c.754 §15; 1989 c.491 §27; 1991 c.886 §12; 1997 c.115 §3; 2012 c.91 §7; 2013 c.98 §5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 337 - Books and Instructional Materials
Section 337.030 - Annual notice to school textbook and instructional materials publishers.
Section 337.050 - List of textbooks and instructional materials.
Section 337.060 - Submission of proposals by publishers.
Section 337.065 - Publisher fee; rules.
Section 337.075 - Adoption or rejection of textbooks.
Section 337.090 - Contract with publisher; terms; security; breach; remedies.
Section 337.150 - School board and charter school duty to provide textbooks.
Section 337.260 - Textbooks on American history and government.
Section 337.300 - Animal dissection; refusal by student; alternatives; notification.
Section 337.500 - Definitions for ORS 337.500 to 337.506.
Section 337.503 - Publisher of college textbooks; duties.
Section 337.506 - Textbook bundling; disclosure of information.
Section 337.511 - Definitions for ORS 337.511 to 337.524.
Section 337.517 - Instructional material in electronic format; request; requirements; transmittal.
Section 337.521 - Higher Education Coordinating Commission powers and duties; statewide guidelines.
Section 337.524 - Exceptions to requirement to provide electronic format.