Public Hearing Regarding Instructional Materials Submitted for Adoption by the State Board of Education Under Proclamation 2024

August 29, 2023

COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: DISCUSSION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: NO ACTION

SUMMARY: A public hearing before the State Board of Education (SBOE) is scheduled for Tuesday, August 29, 2023, in the William B. Travis Building, Room 1-104. Testimony will be presented regarding instructional materials submitted for adoption under Proclamation 2024. This proclamation called for instructional materials for science, technology applications, specified career and technical education courses, and Personal Financial Literacy and Economics. Products submitted in response to Proclamation 2024 were reviewed in the summer of 2023.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §7.110 and §31.022.

TEC, §7.110, requires the SBOE to create and implement policies that allow the public an opportunity to appear before and speak to the board.

TEC, §31.022(b), requires the SBOE to adopt rules to provide for a full and complete investigation of instructional materials for each subject in the foundation curriculum. The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.

The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Proclamation 2024 was issued by the SBOE in April 2022. Amendments to Proclamation 2024 were approved at the September 2022 SBOE meeting. The board amended the deadline for submitting preliminary and final correlations, pre-adoption samples, and related deliverables to allow publishers more time to create new materials.

The review of Proclamation 2024 instructional materials concluded in the summer 2023.

Update on the Review of Proclamation 2024 Instructional Materials and Ratification of Amendments to Proclamation 2024 of the State Board of Education Advertising for Bids on Instructional Materials are presented as separate items in this agenda.

Staff Member Responsible:
Amie Phillips, Director, Instructional Materials Review