Oklahoma § 70-3241.2 - Receipt of inducements for requiring purchase of

§ 70-3241.2. Receipt of inducements for requiring purchase of

particular materials - Solicitation of free review instructional

materials - Prohibition.

A. No employee or department at an institution within The

Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall demand or receive

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any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services

or anything, present or promised, as an inducement for requiring

students enrolled at the institution to purchase specific textbooks

or instructional material required for coursework or instruction.

An employee or department of an institution may receive:

1. Sample copies of textbooks or instructional material,

instructor copies of textbooks or instructional material, or other

instructional material, that are not to be sold by faculty, staff,

or bookstores;

2. Royalties or other compensation from sales of textbooks or

instructional materials that include the writing or work of the

employee;

3. Honoraria for academic peer review of instructional

materials; and

4. Training in the use of instructional materials and

technologies.

B. No instructional material vendor or bookstores located on

campus or bookstores which contract with the institution to provide

bookstore services to students shall solicit higher education

faculty and staff members for the purpose of selling free review

instructional materials that have been provided by a publisher at no

charge to the faculty or staff. Bookstores shall not permit book

wholesalers conducting buybacks on campus to accept review

instructional materials from faculty or staff. No bookstore shall

engage in any trade of any instructional material marked as or

identified as free review instructional materials.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 368, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.