ARTICLE 5. Prohibited Acts [60070 - 60076]
( Article 5 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010. )
No school official shall require any pupil, except pupils in classes for adults to purchase any instructional material for the pupils’ use in the school.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
No publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, nor any of his representatives, shall offer or give any emolument, money, or other valuable thing, or any inducement, to any school official to directly or indirectly introduce, recommend, vote for, or otherwise influence the adoption or purchase of any instructional material.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
No school official shall accept any emolument, money or other valuable thing, or any inducement to directly or indirectly introduce, recommend, vote for, or otherwise influence the adoption or purchase of any instructional material.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
Any publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials or his representative, or any school official who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any school official who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, in addition to any other penalty, be removed from his official position.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any publisher, manufacturer, or agent from supplying for purposes of examination necessary sample copies of instructional materials to any school official.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a school official from receiving sample copies of instructional materials.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit or restrict a school official from receiving royalties or other compensation from the publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials written, designed, or prepared by such school official, and adopted or purchased by any governing board, other than compensation paid as commission to the school official for negotiating sales to governing boards. No district shall have or claim the right to receive any such royalty or other compensation due to any school official employed by the district unless the instructional material was written or prepared during the normal schoolday during which the school official is required by the district to be on duty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)