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Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 7 - Education K-12Part 11 - Textbook and Instructional Materials Administration Handbook Rules and Regulations for the Adoption, Distribution, Care and Use of Textbooks instructional Materials in Mississippi
Section 7-11-Three - Publishers
Section 7-11-Three-6 - TIME BETWEEN STATE ADOPTION AND CARAVAN

7 Miss. Code. R. 11-Three-6

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Section 7-11-Three-6 - TIME BETWEEN STATE ADOPTION AND CARAVAN
A. During this period after the adoption by the SBE, individual publishers/vendors may provide examination copies of pupil edition and teacher's edition for local selection committee members. In some cases, examination copies will not be possible because of the nature of the adopted material. Publishers/vendors may make available examination copies based on their individual products and budgets.
B. Publishers/vendors having textbooks adopted by the SBE will receive a listing of each of the school districts (FORM C) participating in the textbook program. This listing will provide the name and shipping information for the person receiving the official examination copies. This information will be sent to the local representative by e-mail once the adoption listing is released. Each school shall receive no more than one set of a complete product. The pupil edition, teacher edition, correlation, list of free materials, and price list for each grade level will be considered the official examination copy.

Each textbook and each consumable packaging shall contain a removable label that states Local Selection EXAMINATION COPY, plus grade level/instructional category in which the textbook has been adopted.

Product(s) sent to the Local Selection Committee must be returned to the individual publishers/vendors. Passwords for online curriculum will expire after the adoption process.

NOTE: All textbooks should be shipped in a consumable package, not weighing more than 25 pounds, and should not be place in sample boxes or display boxes.

C. All examination copies received at the local level are to be returned to the individual publishers/vendors. Each book/product and the outside of the box must have a removable label that gives the grade level and instructional category.

NOTE: No examination copy may be given to school personnel during local hearings, nor will committee members of school personnel be permitted to keep official examination copies.

Teachers will be advised that textbooks are not to be numbered, marked in any manner, or issued to students. All district textbook coordinators will be notified by the individual publisher/vendor of the procedures to be followed for the return of the examination copies. Publishing companies and their local representatives will make the determination if textbooks have been returned to the individual publishers/vendors.

It will be the publisher's responsibility to furnish the MDE Office of Instructional Materials and Library Media a listing and cost of textbooks not returned from each school district. This information shall be filed no later than twelve (12) months after the adoption date.

This listing is necessary to debit the district allocation for the textbooks not returned from non-public schools and report to public school districts the amount of payment due to the respective publishers/vendors.

7 Miss. Code. R. 11-Three-6

Amended 9/25/2023