SECTION 5 – COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS - Rockwall ISD

Rockwall Independent School District (RISD) Purchasing ManualBecause the superintendent is the chief administrative officer in the district and is ultimatelyresponsible for all activity within the district, it is important that he/she keep abreast of alltextbook activity. It is strongly suggested that the superintendent ensure that the coordinator ismaintaining accurate textbook records, controlling the textbook funds, and recording the annualcampus physical inventories. The superintendent should require that all textbook problems andquestions be routed to the textbook coordinator. The Textbook Division prefers to deal directlywith the coordinator and refers all textbook inquiries from teachers, principals, etc., to thecoordinator.LOCAL BOARD OF TRUSTEESTEC 31.104(a): ―The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an openenrollmentcharter school may delegate to an employee the authority to requisition, distribute,and manage the inventory of textbooks in a manner consistent with this chapter and rulesadopted under this chapter.‖The local board of trustees is responsible for adopting a policy for the selection of instructionalmaterials to be used in the school district. State adopted instructional materials will be providedto local districts only after the local selections are ratified by the local board of trustees. Theboard of trustees is also the legal custodian of textbooks purchased by the state for the schooldistrict.DIVISION OF TEXTBOOK ADMINISTRATIONThe division is responsible for enforcing the textbook laws and rules as set forth by theLegislature and State Board of Education. It is the division‘s duty to provide districts with allnecessary forms, instructions, and information to requisition and receive the necessary textbooks.STATE BOARD OF EDUCTIONThe board oversees the activity of the Texas Education Agency as a whole, including theinstructional materials system. It is responsible for the enforcement of the Texas AdministrativeCode, Title 19, Chapter 66, State Adoption and Distribution of Instructional Materials, whereinall rules and regulations pertaining to the purchased and distribution of free instructionalmaterials are given. The board meets in November of each year to adopt the textbooks that willbe used in the public schools of Texas.- 131 -