1. (a) A publisher shall provide each school district and open-enrollment charter school with information that fully describes adopted instructional material. Descriptive information provided to each school district or open-enrollment charter school shall be identical.
2. (b) Upon request by the textbook coordinator of a school district or open-enrollment charter school, a publisher shall provide one complete sample of adopted instructional materials. Samples of electronic, visual, or auditory media may be provided in demonstration or representative format, provided that identical samples are provided to each school district or open-enrollment charter school. Samples of instructional materials provided to school districts shall be labeled, "Sample Copy--Not for Classroom Use."
3. (c) Samples supplied to school districts shall be provided and distributed at the expense of the publisher. No state or local funds shall be expended to purchase, distribute, or ship sample materials. Publishers may make arrangements with school districts or open-enrollment charter schools to retrieve samples after local selections are completed, but the state does not guarantee return of sample instructional materials.

Source Note:The provisions of this §66.101 adopted to be effective September 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 7236.