Duties, responsibilities, and requirements of instructional materials publishers and manufacturers.

This section applies to both the state and district approval processes. Publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials, or their representatives, shall:

(1) Comply with all provisions of this part.

(2) Electronically deliver fully developed sample copies of all instructional materials upon which bids are based to the department pursuant to procedures adopted by the State Board of Education.

(3) Make sample student editions of instructional materials on the commissioner’s list of state-adopted instructional materials electronically available, at a discount below publisher cost, for use by teacher preparation programs and by educator preparation institutes as defined in ss. 1004.04 and 1004.85(1), respectively, for each adoption cycle, to enable educators to practice teaching with currently adopted instructional materials aligned to state academic standards.

(a) Teacher preparation programs and educator preparation institutes that use samples to practice teaching shall provide reasonable safeguards against the unauthorized use, reproduction, and distribution of the sample copies of instructional materials.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (5), publishers may make sample student editions of adopted instructional materials available at a discounted price to teacher preparation programs and educator preparation institutes for the instructional purpose of educators practicing with current materials.

(4) Submit, at a time designated in s. 1006.33, the following information:

(a) Detailed specifications of the physical characteristics of the instructional materials, including any software or technological tools required for use by the district, school, teachers, or students. The publisher or manufacturer shall comply with these specifications if the instructional materials are adopted and purchased in completed form.

(b) Evidence that the publisher or manufacturer has provided materials that address the performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1) and that can be accessed through the school district’s digital classrooms plan and a variety of electronic, digital, and mobile devices.

(c) Evidence that the instructional materials include specific references to statewide standards in the teacher’s manual and incorporate such standards into chapter tests or the assessments.

(5) Make available for purchase by any district school board any diagnostic, criterion-referenced, or other tests that they may develop.

(6) Furnish the instructional materials offered by them at a price in the state which, including all costs of electronic transmission, may not exceed the lowest price at which they offer such instructional materials for adoption or sale to any state or school district in the United States.