STATE LAWS AFFECTING THE SELECTION, PURCHASE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF AUDIOVISUAL AIDS AND SERVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WERE REPORTED. BIBLIOGRAPHIC SEARCHES OF LEGAL AUTHORITIES FROM THE 50 STATES WERE CONDUCTED. REFERENCES TO LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL AUTHORITIES WERE ANALYZED AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO (1) STATE, (2) TYPE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, AND (3) SUBJECT CATEGORIES. SOURCES OF INFORMATION INCLUDED STATUTES, SESSION LAWS, SCHOOL CODES, REGULATIONS WITH THE FORCE OF LAW, AND COURT DECISIONS IN THE 50 STATES. STANDARDIZED FORMS WERE DEVELOPED TO SHOW THE AREAS OF STUDY IN WHICH NO AUTHORITY EXISTED AND THE KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES. THESE FORMS WERE DESIGNATED AS PART ONE, EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, PART TWO, GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICIALS, PART THREE, LEGAL AUTHORITY RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND THEIR USE, AND PART FOUR, FUNCTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CATEGORIES OF LEGAL AUTHORITY RELATING TO AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND THEIR USE. SUMMARIES WERE ALSO PRESENTED OF (1) STATE LEGISLATION DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, (2) STATE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS, AND (3) LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR USE OF AUDIOVISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES BEAR ACCESSION NUMBERS ED 003 765 AND ED 003 767. (RS)