GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 798
HOUSE BILL 577

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES IN THE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION PROCESS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 115C-89 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-89. Selection of textbooks by Board.
At the next meeting of the Board after the reports have been filed, the Textbook Commission and the Board shall jointly examine the reports. From the books evaluated the Board shall select those that it thinks will meet the teaching requirements of the State public schools in the instructional levels for which they are offered.  The Board shall request sealed bids from the publishers on all the books being considered.
The Board shall make all necessary rules and regulations concerning requests for bids, notification to publishers of calls for adoption, execution and delivery of contracts, requirement of performance bonds, cancellation clauses, and such other material matters as may affect the validity of the contracts."
Sec. 2.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Education for textbooks, the State Board of Education may use up to $240,504 for the 1989-90 fiscal year and up to $240,504 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to implement changes in the textbook adoption process.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of August, 1989.