Chap. 564.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section | of an act entitled an act
relating to contracts for textbooks adopted for use in the public free schools
of the Commonwealth, approved March 11, 1915, as amended by an act ap-
proved March 9, 1922. [H B 76]

Approved March 29, 1926.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one of an act entitled an act relating to contracts for textbooks
adopted for use in the public free schools of the Commonwealth, ap-
proved March eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen; as amended
by an act approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The State board of education shall select textbooks and
education appliances for use in the public schools in the State of Vir-
ginia exercising such discretion as it may see fit in the selection of books
suitable for schools in the cities and counties, respectively, subject to
the conditions and restrictions set forth in this act, but no textbook
which has been or which may be adopted for basal use in any of the
public free schools in the State of Virginia shall be changed or sub-
stituted until the same shall have been in use for a period of not less
than eight years, subject to renewal for two years; provided, however,
that if it be clearly shown that the continuation of any textbooks for a
period of eight years as provided for in this act, will prove detrimental
to the interest of patrons owing to a marked decrease in textbook
prices, then such a textbook may be changed provided at least five
members of the State board of education vote in favor of the change.
In the discretion of the State board of education, exception may be
made to the provisions of this act in those cities and counties which
furnish free textbooks.

Basal textbooks on the required subjects of the State course of
study shall be purchased by parents, unless furnished otherwise in
accordance with the provisions of section three of this act.