Chap. 128.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 617, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to textbooks and educational appliances for use
in public schools. ; (H 215]

Approved March 5, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section six hundred and seventeen of the Code of
Virginia, as amended, be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 617. The State Board of Education shall select text-
books and educational appliances for use in the public schools of
the State, exercising such discretion as it may see fit in the selection
of books suitable for the schools in the cities and counties respec-
tively. No textbook adopted for basal use shall be changed until
such book has been in use for a period of not less than six years,
subject to renewal from one to four years, unless such book becomes
obsolete or unless a change would result in a material decrease in
price, and whenever such book is so changed, the said board may
permit the use of the old books for a period of at least three years
from the date of such change. The State Board of Education shall
determine the number of basal textbooks required for instruction
in classes of various sizes in the several subjects with varying
library facilities.