Update on the Review of Proclamation 2024 Instructional Materials

August 29, 2023

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

SUMMARY: The State Board of Education issued Proclamation 2024 in April 2022, calling for instructional materials for science, technology applications, specified career and technical education courses, and Personal Financial Literacy and Economics. All materials submitted in response to Proclamation 2024 were reviewed for standards alignment in summer 2023. Additionally, reviews through the Texas Resource Review began in May 2023 for materials submitted for science. Instructional materials are scheduled for adoption by the SBOE in November 2023. This item provides an opportunity for staff to update the board on the status of the Proclamation 2024 instructional materials review.

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

TEC, §31.022(a) requires the SBOE to adopt a review and adoption cycle for instructional materials for elementary grade levels, including prekindergarten, and secondary grade levels, for each subject in the required curriculum.

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.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Proclamation 2024 was issued by the SBOE in April 2022. Amendments to Proclamation 2024 schedule of adoption procedures 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.

A public hearing regarding instructional materials submitted for adoption by the State Board of Education under Proclamation 2024 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