North Carolina General Statutes
Article 8 - General Education.
§ 115C-90 - Adoption of textbooks and contracts with publishers.

115C-90. Adoption of textbooks and contracts with publishers.
The publishers' sealed bids shall be opened in the presence of two persons designated by the State Board of Education and one person designated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Board may then adopt the books required by the courses of study and enter into contracts with the publisher of adopted books. It may refuse to adopt any of the books offered at the prices bid and call for new bids. When bids are accepted and a contract entered into, the contract may require, in the Board's discretion, that the total sales of each book in the State of North Carolina be reported annually to the Board.
All textbook contracts shall include a clause granting to the State Board of Education the license to produce Braille, large print, and audio-cassette tape copies of the textbooks for use in the State public schools. Also, the General Assembly urges the State Board of Education to request such a license from textbook publishers with whom a contract was entered into prior to August 1, 1987. (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 6; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1983, c. 549, s. 1; 1987, c. 738, s. 190; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1025, s. 10.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 8 - General Education.

§ 115C-81.5 - Standard course of study.

§ 115C-81.10 - Career and technical education.

§ 115C-81.15 - Conflict resolution and mediation models.

§ 115C-81.20 - Alcohol and drug use prevention education.

§ 115C-81.25 - Health education.

§ 115C-81.30 - Reproductive health and safety education provided by local school administrative units.

§ 115C-81.35 - Honors-level courses in healthful living education.

§ 115C-81.36 - Advanced courses in mathematics.

§ 115C-81.40 - North Carolina history and geography.

§ 115C-81.45 - Classes conducted in English; citizenship; and civic literacy.

§ 115C-81.50 - Student councils.

§ 115C-81.55 - Current events.

§ 115C-81.57 - Education on the Holocaust and genocide.

§ 115C-81.60 - Character education.

§ 115C-81.65 - Financial literacy.

§ 115C-81.70 - Disability history and awareness.

§ 115C-81.75 - Cursive writing.

§ 115C-81.80 - Multiplication tables.

§ 115C-81.81 - Annual report on cursive writing and multiplication tables.

§ 115C-81.85 - Instruction in American Sign Language.

§ 115C-83.1 - State goal.

§ 115C-83.2 - Purposes.

§ 115C-83.3 - (Applicable beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year) Definitions.

§ 115C-83.4 - Comprehensive plan for reading achievement.

§ 115C-83.4A - Recodified as G.S115C-174.26 in Part 5 of Article 10A of Chapter 115C, effective June 10, 2014.

§ 115C-83.4B - Early Literacy Program.

§ 115C-83.5 - Developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment.

§ 115C-83.6 - (Applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year) Facilitating early grade reading proficiency.

§ 115C-83.6A - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Approval of literacy intervention plans.

§ 115C-83.6B - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Individual Reading Plans.

§ 115C-83.7 - Elimination of social promotion.

§ 115C-83.7A - Reading camps.

§ 115C-83.8 - Successful reading development for retained students.

§ 115C-83.9 - Notification requirements to parents and guardians.

§ 115C-83.10 - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Accountability measures.

§ 115C-83.11 - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Continued support for students demonstrating reading proficiency and appropriate reading development.

§ 115C-83.15 - School achievement, growth, performance scores, and grades.

§ 115C-83.16 - School performance indicators for the purpose of compliance with federal law.

§ 115C-83.17 - Definitions.

§ 115C-84.2 - School calendar.

§ 115C-84.3 - Remote instruction.

§ 115C-85 - Textbook needs are determined by course of study.

§ 115C-86 - State Board of Education to select and adopt textbooks.

§ 115C-87 - Appointment of Textbook Commission.

§ 115C-88 - Commission to evaluate textbooks offered for adoption.

§ 115C-89 - Selection of textbooks by Board.

§ 115C-90 - Adoption of textbooks and contracts with publishers.

§ 115C-91 - Continuance and discontinuance of contracts with publishers.

§ 115C-92 - Procedure for change of textbook.

§ 115C-93 - Advice from and suits by Attorney General.

§ 115C-94 - Publishers to register.

§ 115C-95 - Sale of books at lower price reduces price to State.

§ 115C-96 - Powers and duties of the State Board of Education in regard to textbooks.

§ 115C-97 - State Board of Education authorized to discontinue handling supplementary and library books.

§ 115C-98 - Local boards of education to provide for local operation of the textbook program, the selection and procurement of other instructional materials, and the use of nonadopted textbooks.

§ 115C-99 - Legal custodians of textbooks furnished by State.

§ 115C-100 - Rental fees for textbooks prohibited; damage fees authorized.

§ 115C-101 - Duties and authority of superintendents of local school administrative units.

§ 115C-102 - Right to purchase; disposal of textbooks and materials.

§ 115C-102.6 - Duty to propose a State school technology plan.

§ 115C-102.6A - Elements of the State school technology plan.

§ 115C-102.6B - Approval of State school technology plan.

§ 115C-102.6D - Establishment of the State School Technology Fund; allocation and use of funds.

§ 115C-102.7 - Monitoring and evaluation of State and local school system technology plans; reports.

§ 115C-102.9 - Digital learning dashboard.

§ 115C-103 - Fees.

§ 115C-104 - Enactment of Compact.