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Or. Rev. Stat. § 337.050 (2026)

List of textbooks and instructional materials

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      337.050 List of textbooks and instructional materials. (1) The State Board of Education shall review and adopt, for periods established by the board, a list of textbooks and other instructional materials for use by school districts. The list shall contain, whenever possible:

      (a) More than one textbook selection for each grade and subject field in the standard curriculum for which, in its judgment, textbooks are required; and

      (b) More than one instructional material selection for each grade and subject field in the standard curriculum for which, in its judgment, instructional materials are required.

      (2) The State Board of Education shall consider the best educational interests of the students as well as the most economical method of purchasing textbooks and instructional materials in setting periods for textbook and instructional material review and adoption.

      (3) The board shall refrain from adopting any textbook or instructional material in a subject field whenever it finds that no textbook or instructional material can be documented as meeting, to the degree determined by the board, the guidelines and criteria established by the board for textbooks and instructional materials.

      (4) The board may approve the request of a publisher to substitute a more recent edition of any officially adopted textbook or item of instructional material in lieu of the edition or item adopted by the board. [Amended by 1953 c.121 §3; 1953 c.526 §3; 1955 c.406 §2; 1965 c.100 §253; 1967 c.370 §1; 1975 c.754 §7; 1983 c.300 §1; 1991 c.886 §4; 1997 c.115 §1; 2001 c.461 §2]

 

      337.055 [1975 c.754 §4; repealed by 1995 c.111 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–1988 · leading case: Oregon Env't Council v. Oregon State Bd. of Educ., 761 P.2d 1322 (Or. 1988).
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Oregon Env't Council v. Oregon State Bd. of Educ., 761 P.2d 1322 (Or. 1988). · cites it 2× “ORS 337.050. [4] The Commission meets in public meeting on a designated day every other year "for the purpose of reviewing and selecting textbooks * * *.”
Carnine v. Oregon State Textbook Comm'n, 660 P.2d 201 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “” ORS 337.050(1). The Commission is authorized to choose only textbooks that satisfy guidelines and criteria established by the Oregon State Board of Education (Board).”
Oregon Env't Council v. Oregon State Bd. of Educ., 739 P.2d 581 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 3× “’ ORS 337.050. If none of the submitted materials meets the criteria ‘to the degree determined by the State Board of Education,’ then the Commission must not choose any materials.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 337.050(1) — 2 cases
Carnine v. Oregon State Textbook Comm'n, 660 P.2d 201 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “” ORS 337.050(1). The Commission is authorized to choose only textbooks that satisfy guidelines and criteria established by the Oregon State Board of Education (Board).”
Oregon Env't Council v. Oregon State Bd. of Educ., 739 P.2d 581 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “’ ORS 337.050. If none of the submitted materials meets the criteria ‘to the degree determined by the State Board of Education,’ then the Commission must not choose any materials.”
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