1.  The State Board may make such contracts for the purchase and use of textbooks in the name of the State as it deems necessary for the interests of the public schools.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 389.860

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Public schools: means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
  • State Board: means the State Board of Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007

2.  Contracts must:

(a) Set forth the introductory, exchange and retail price of each textbook, which must not exceed the lowest price the publisher has charged for the same textbook anywhere in the continental United States for similar quantities exclusive of shipping costs.

(b) Guarantee that there is no subversive or sectarian doctrine, as determined by the laws of Nevada and the United States, in any of the textbooks covered by the contract.

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