§ 16-38-7. Interest of school official in sale of textbook.
No superintendent or school committee of any city or town, or any person officially connected with the government or direction of the public schools, shall receive any private fee, gratuity, donation, or compensation in any manner for promoting the sale or the exchange of any school book, map, or chart in any public school, or be an agent for the sale or the publisher of any school textbook, or be directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in the introduction of any school textbook; and any agency or interest shall disqualify any person acting or interested as described from holding any school office.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 65, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 73, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 77, § 7; G.L. 1938, ch. 198, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-7.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 16-38-1. - Discrimination because of race or age.
Section 16-38-1.1. - Discrimination because of sex.
Section 16-38-2. - Immunization.
Section 16-38-3. - Maintenance of nuisances in proximity to schools.
Section 16-38-4. - Exclusive clubs.
Section 16-38-5. - Questionnaires invading privacy.
Section 16-38-5.1. - Assignment of identification numbers to students.
Section 16-38-6. - Restrictions on commercial activity and fundraising in public schools.
Section 16-38-7. - Interest of school official in sale of textbook.
Section 16-38-8. - Offer to pay school official for sale of equipment.
Section 16-38-9. - Liability of school officers for misconduct.
Section 16-38-10. - Power of officials to visit schools.
Section 16-38-11. - Termination of school exemption from taxation for noncompliance.
Section 16-38-12. - Penalty for violations.