Oregon Statutes - Chapter 337 - Books and Instructional Materials - Section 337.120 - School board adoption and use of approved textbooks and instructional materials.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by ORS 337.141, the district school board, with the assistance of teachers and administrators of the district, shall adopt textbooks and other instructional materials for each grade and subject field for which instruction is provided by the district school board from the approved list. The district school board shall involve parents and citizens in the process.

(2) The district school board shall cause the books or materials, according to titles, so adopted to be used in its schools at the beginning of the next school year following the state adoption, except when, pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, the district school board is authorized by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to postpone such use for a reasonable period of time. [Amended by 1953 c.121 §3; 1965 c.100 §260; 1967 c.100 §1; 1975 c.754 §15; 1989 c.491 §27; 1991 c.886 §12; 1997 c.115 §3]

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