§ 724. Policies addressing course material adoptions and sample materials. No employee at an institution of higher education shall demand or receive any payment, loan, advance, goods, or deposit of money, present or promised, for adopting specific course materials required for coursework or instruction; with the exception that the employee may receive:

Terms Used In N.Y. Education Law 724

  • Institution of higher education: means any institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma. See N.Y. Education Law 720

1. sample copies, instructor's copies, or instructional material, that are not to be sold;

2. royalties or other compensation from sales of textbooks that include such instructor's own writing or work;

3. honoraria for academic peer review of course materials; or

4. training in the use of course materials and learning technologies.