Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and notwithstanding any other law, each governing body shall purchase from a publisher, either individually or through a purchasing cooperative of school corporations, the curricular materials selected by the proper local officials, and shall rent the curricular materials to each student enrolled in a public school that is:
(1) in compliance with the minimum certification standards of the state board; and
(2) located within the attendance unit served by the governing body.
(b) This section does not prohibit a governing body from suspending the operation of this section under a contract entered into under IC 20-26-15.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-10-1.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.73-2011, SEC.8; P.L.286-2013, SEC.60; P.L.233-2015, SEC.150.