Section 22-15-13 - Contracts with publishers.
22-15-13. Contracts with publishers.
A. The state board [department] may enter into a contract with a publisher or a publisher's authorized agent for the purchase and delivery of instructional material selected from the multiple list adopted by the state board.
B. Payment for instructional material purchased by the state board [department] shall be made only upon performance of the contract and the delivery and receipt of the instructional material.
C. Each publisher or publisher's authorized agent contracting with the state for the sale of instructional material shall agree:
(1) to file a copy of each item of instructional material to be furnished under the contract with the state board [department] with a certificate attached identifying it as an exact copy of the item of instructional material to be furnished under the contract;
(2) that the instructional material furnished pursuant to the contract shall be of the same quality in regard to paper, binding, printing, illustrations, subject matter and authorship as the copy filed with the state board; and
(3) that if instructional material under the contract is sold elsewhere in the United States for a price less than that agreed upon in the contract with the state, the price to the state shall be reduced to the same amount.