Ratification of Amendments to Proclamation 2024 of the State Board of Education Advertising for Bids on Instructional Materials

September 1, 2023

COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION

SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the State Board of Education (SBOE) to ratify changes to the schedule of adoption procedures in Proclamation 2024. Proclamation 2024 calls for instructional materials for science, technology applications, specified courses in career and technical education, and Personal Financial Literacy and Economics.

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

TEC, §31.022, requires the SBOE to adopt rules to provide for a full and complete investigation of instructional materials for each subject in the foundation curriculum and for each subject in the enrichment curriculum.

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

PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: Proclamation 2024 was issued by the SBOE in April 2022. The SBOE amended Proclamation 2024 in September 2022.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION:  Publishers have requested additional time to develop Spanish translations of science materials. Additionally, due to the time needed to finalize the science rubric for the Texas Resource Review, amending the schedule of adoption procedures allows publishers more time to create new materials. The board chair gave tentative approval to amend the schedule of adoption procedures. This item gives the board the opportunity to ratify the amendments.

A public hearing regarding instructional materials submitted for adoption by the State Board of Education under Proclamation 2024 and Update on the Review of Proclamation 2024 Instructional Materials and are presented as separate items in this agenda.

MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:

Ratify the amendments to the schedule of adoption procedures in Proclamation 2024 of the State Board of Education Advertising for Bids for Instructional Materials.

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

Separate Exhibit:             
Proposed Amendments to Proclamation 2024
(to be provided at the August-September 2023 SBOE meeting)