Section 60048 Of Article 3. Requirements, Materials From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 33. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Basic instructional materials, and other instructional
materials required to be legally and socially compliant pursuant to
Sections 60040 to 60047, inclusive, including illustrations, that
provide any exposure to a commercial brand name, product, or
corporate or company logo in a manner that is inconsistent with
guidelines or frameworks adopted by the State Board of Education may
not be adopted by a school district governing board.
(b) The governing board of a school district may not adopt basic
instructional materials, and other instructional materials required
to be legally and socially compliant pursuant to Sections 60040 to
60047, inclusive, including illustrations, that contain a commercial
brand name, product, or corporate or company logo unless the
governing board makes a specific finding pursuant to the criteria set
forth in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 60200 that the
use of the commercial brand name, product, or corporate or company
logo in the instructional materials is appropriate.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
publisher of instructional materials to include whatever corporate
name or logo on the instructional materials that is necessary to
provide basic information about the publisher, to protect its
copyright, or to identify third party sources of content.
(d) The state board may adopt regulations that provide for other
allowable exceptions to this section, as determined by the state
board.
(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop, and
the State Board of Education shall adopt, guidelines to implement
this section.