Before instructional materials and programs offered for adoption and use in public schools of Kentucky may be placed on the state-approved list, the person, firm, or corporation offering the materials for adoption and use shall file with the instructional materials depository:

1. (1) Copies of all instructional materials and programs that the person, firm, or corporation desires to offer for adoption and use, with a sworn statement of the list price and the lowest wholesale price at which each of the titles is sold in any adopting unit;
2. (2) A statement that all the titles offered for sale, adoption, and use, do comply with the standards and specifications for instructional materials designated by the chief state school officer as regards paper, binding, printing, illustrations, subject matter, and other items included in the standards and specifications;
3. (3) Copies of any revision or special editions of the instructional materials and programs filed, with a statement describing in detail each point of difference from the regular edition filed, and the list price and the lowest wholesale price at which the revision or special edition is sold anywhere in the United States; and
4. (4) An affidavit certifying any instructional materials that the publisher or developer offers in the state are free of factual error at the time the publisher or developer is placed on the state-approved list.

Effective: July 1, 2026

History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 17, effective July 1, 2026. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 419, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 149, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 4, effective March 13, 1974. -- Created 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 4.