SC textbook publisher bonds.
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Publishers whose textbooks and instructional materials are adopted for South Carolina public schools file a performance bond with the State Department of Education under Title 59, Chapter 31. The Board sets the amount — commonly $1,000 per title, capped at $5,000. We issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard publisher bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
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Your company details, the bond amount the Department set, and the effective date — that is the application, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your credit score.
File with the Department of Education
Receive the executed bond, ready to file with the State Department of Education (the Attorney General approves the bond, and it is held by the State Treasurer). Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Department calculated and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the publisher bond actually covers
South Carolina adopts the instructional materials used in its public schools through the State Board of Education under Title 59, Chapter 31 and the Textbook (Instructional Materials) Adoption Regulation, S.C. Code Regs. 43-70. A publisher whose materials are adopted must post a bond conditioned on the faithful performance of its contract with the State.
The statute caps the penal amount at not more than $5,000, and the Department of Education's practice is to calculate it at $1,000 per title, program, or series submitted for adoption, up to that $5,000 maximum. The Attorney General approves the bond and it is placed in the custody of the State Treasurer.
The bond protects the State if a publisher fails to perform its adoption contract — to deliver and support the adopted materials as agreed. If the surety pays a valid claim, the publisher repays the surety; it is a performance guarantee, not insurance for the publisher. Enter the amount the Department calculated and we issue at a flat 3%.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department calculated, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — the executed bond is typically issued fast, ready to file.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Department calculated and file with the State Department of Education.