State System of Public Education
Fees and Textbooks
Section 201
State policy on providing textbooks.
     53A-12-201.   State policy on providing textbooks.
     (1) It is the public policy of this state that public education shall be free.
     (2) A student may not be denied an education because of economic inability to purchase textbooks necessary for advancement in or graduation from the public school system.
     (3) A school board may not sell textbooks or otherwise charge textbook fees or deposits except as provided in Title 53A.

Enacted by Chapter 2, 1988 General Session
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