- (a) Ancillary materials are defined as materials that are not listed on the official bid form, but which a publisher plans to provide to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools free with their order of instructional materials from the list of adopted materials. A publisher of adopted instructional materials shall provide any ancillary item free of charge to the same extent that the publisher provides the item free of charge to any state, public school, or school district in the United States.
- (b) The State Board of Education may impose a reasonable administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 against a publisher or manufacturer who knowingly violates subsection (a) of this section.
Source Note:The provisions of this §66.81 adopted to be effective March 13, 2014, 39 TexReg 1709.