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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter105 > 1005 > 010500050HArt_28 (105 ILCS 5/28‑1) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑1) Sec. 28‑1. Copies and prices filed ‑ Bond. No person shall offer any school instructional materials for adoption, sale or exchange in the State until he has complied with the following conditions: 1. He shall file with the State Board of Education, annually, by July 15, a sworn statement of the usual list price, the lowest net wholesale price, and the lowest net exchange price at which the material is sold or exchanged for old material on the same subject of like grade and kind but of a different series taken in part payment thereof. 2. He shall file with the State Board of Education a bond payable to the People of the State of Illinois with a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Illinois as surety thereon, in a penal sum to be determined by the State Board of Education, not less than $2000 nor more than $10,000 conditioned as follows: (a) That he will furnish annually any of the materials listed in any annual statement filed by him to any school district and any school corporation in this State at the lowest net prices contained in the statements and that he will maintain said prices uniformly throughout the State. (b) That he will reduce such net prices in Illinois whenever they are reduced elsewhere in the United States, and that he will file with the State Board of Education a sworn statement of reductions made elsewhere, so that at no time shall any instructional material so filed and listed by him be sold in this State at a higher net price than is received for such material elsewhere in the United States. (c) He shall not enter into any understanding, agreement or combination to control the prices or to restrict competition in the sale of instructional materials. (Source: P.A. 81‑1508.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑2) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑2) Sec. 28‑2. Approval of bond‑Duration. The bond required by Section 28‑‑1 shall be approved by the Attorney General and shall continue in force for 5 years after its filing, at or before the expiration of which period a new bond shall be given or the right to continue business within the State shall be forfeited. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑4) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑4) Sec. 28‑4. Notice of violations ‑ Proceedings for forfeiture of bond. The school board of each district wherein the instructional materials listed under the provisions of this Article have been adopted shall notify the State Board of Education of any violation of any of the conditions contained in said bond. The State Board of Education shall thereupon notify the person guilty of the violation and if such person disregards the notification and fails to comply with the requirements of the contract the State Board of Education shall institute legal proceedings for the forfeiture of the bond. (Source: P.A. 81‑1508.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑5) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑5) Sec. 28‑5. Inducement to teacher or officer forbidden. No person shall secure or attempt to secure the sale of any school instructional materials in any school district by rewarding or promising to reward any teacher or by securing for him any position in any other school. No person shall offer to give any emolument, money or other valuable thing, promise of work or any other inducement to any teacher or school officer for any vote or promise of vote or for the use of his influence for any school instructional materials to be used in this State. This section does not prevent any person from submitting, or any school officer or teacher from receiving, a reasonable number of copies of printed instructional materials for examination with a view to obtaining information as to the book or series of books for which such officer shall give his vote. (Source: P. A. 77‑2180.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑7) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑7) Sec. 28‑7. Retail prices of books. It is unlawful for any retail dealer in textbooks to sell any books listed with the State Board of Education at a price to exceed a 15% advance on the net prices as so listed. (Source: P.A. 81‑1508.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑10) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑10) Sec. 28‑10. Purchase from families moving out of district‑Resale. When a family moves from one school district to another within the State, the clerk of the district may purchase, out of the contingent fund, the textbooks in use by the children of the family at a fair price, based on the condition of the book. Such books may be resold to other pupils moving into the district. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑11) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑11) Sec. 28‑11. Penalties. Any dealer who violates the provisions of Sections 28‑‑7 or 28‑‑9 shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this Article, except those of Sections 28‑‑7 and 28‑‑9, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P. A. 77‑2267.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑12) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑12) Sec. 28‑12. Certain districts may print, publish, distribute and sell own textbooks. This Article does not prohibit any school district, comprised of a city having a population exceeding 100,000 from printing, publishing, distributing, or selling its own textbooks. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31 .) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑13) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑13) Sec. 28‑13. Districts adopting provisions for free textbooks. The foregoing sections of this Article do not apply to school boards and school districts that have adopted the subsequent provisions of this Article. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑16) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑16) Sec. 28‑16. Manner and methods of distribution‑Possession by diseased person. The distribution of all free textbooks under Sections 28‑‑14 through 28‑‑19 shall be made in such manner and by such methods as the school boards determine. No books shall be distributed which have been in the possession of any person having a contagious or infectious disease. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑18) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑18) Sec. 28‑18. Boards may jointly carry out law. School boards of two or more districts may jointly carry out the provisions of Sections 28‑‑14 through 28‑‑19. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑19) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑19) Sec. 28‑19. Penalty for demanding or receiving money, promise or thing of value. Whoever directly or indirectly, demands or receives any money, promise or thing of value from any pupil, parent, guardian or caretaker of a pupil for any book provided in this Article, except as provided in Section 28‑‑15 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P. A. 77‑2267.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑19.1) Sec. 28‑19.1. Any member of the public may inspect all text and instructional material used in the public schools. (Source: P.A. 81‑625.) |
(105 ILCS 5/28‑19.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 28‑19.2) Sec. 28‑19.2. (a) No discrimination or punishment of any kind, including the lowering of grades or exclusion from classes, may be exercised against a student whose parents or guardians are unable to purchase required textbooks or instructional materials or to pay required fees. (b) Any person who violates this Section is guilty of a petty offense. (Source: P.A. 83‑573.) |
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(Source: P.A. 96‑1403, eff. 7‑29‑10.) |