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Instructional materials contracts: license for local boards of education to produce braille, large print, audio, and other accessible copies
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Licensing
What it requires
- If you sell instructional materials, including digital resources, to a North Carolina local board of education, expect the procurement contract to include a clause granting the local board the license to produce braille, large print, audiocassette tape, and other accessible copies of the materials for use in its local school administrative unit (G.S. 115C-98(a), as rewritten by S.L. 2026-41, s. 7.4(b)).
- If you are a local board of education, include in every contract for the procurement of instructional materials a clause granting you the license to produce braille, large print, audiocassette tape, and other accessible copies of the materials for use in your local school administrative unit (G.S. 115C-98(a), as rewritten by S.L. 2026-41, s. 7.4(b)).
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What this law does
Section 115C-98(a) of the General Statutes, as rewritten by section 7.4(b) of Session Law 2026-41, requires every contract a local board of education makes for the procurement of instructional materials to include a clause granting the local board the license to produce braille, large print, audiocassette tape, and other accessible copies of the instructional materials for use in the local school administrative unit.
Instructional materials are systematically organized materials comprehensive enough to cover the primary objectives of the standard course of study for a grade or course, and their formats may be print or nonprint, including digital resources that require the use of electronic equipment in order to be used in the learning process.
Section 7.4(a) of the same act repealed sections 115C-86 through 115C-95 and 115C-97, among them section 115C-90, which had required a license clause for Braille, large print, and audio-cassette tape copies in the State Board of Education's textbook contracts. Section 7.4 took effect , and applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. The Governor approved Session Law 2026-41 on .
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