Section 45-54-100 - County Board of Education Authorized to Substitute Books or Texts for State-Approved or State-Adopted Textbooks

In Pickens County, the county board of education, uponrecommendation of the county superintendent of education, may substitute otherbooks or texts for use in the county schools under its jurisdiction for thetextbooks on the list of state-approvedor state-adopted textbooks prescribed by the State Board ofEducation. Whenever books or texts are substituted for the state-approved or state-adopted textbooks,the books or texts shall be used by the teachers in the county school system inteaching any course or courses for which a substitution has been made. Provided, however, the county board ofeducation or city board of education shall provide free textbooks to allgrades which would be provided under the terms of applicable state law. Provided, however, no county or city boardof education shall substitute books or texts or materials for the state-approved or state-adopted textbooksand materials, if thesubstitution would cause the county or city board of education to be unable tofurnish free textbooks to all students in the system through the twelfth grade.(Act

adopted textbooksand materials, if thesubstitution would cause the county or city board of education to be unable tofurnish free textbooks to all students in the system through the twelfth grade.(Act 85–739, p. 1190, § 1.)