KRS § 156.410 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.410
156.410 Standards and criteria for evaluation of instructional materials and programs -- Submissions by publishers and developers. (Effective July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.410 Standards and criteria for evaluation of instructional materials and

programs -- Submissions by publishers and developers. (Effective July 1,

2026)

(1) The chief state school officer shall prepare minimum manufacturing standards,

delineate content specifications in accordance with the academic standards

established in KRS 158.6453 for Kentucky schools in grades kindergarten through

twelve (12), and formulate other criteria for use in the evaluation of instructional

materials to guide the instructional resources depository established in KRS

156.412, which shall require that all materials be suitable for use with a diverse

population and be free of social, ethnic, racial, religious, age, gender, and

geographic bias.

(2) The Kentucky Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the chief state

school officer, shall have authority to promulgate administrative regulations in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A:

(a) Pertaining to the evaluation, selection, and use of high quality instructional

materials and programs on the state and local levels; and

(b) Relating to the agents and representatives of instructional materials and

programs and the methods and procedures for use in adoptions on the state

and local levels.

(3) The instructional materials depository shall properly advertise the subjects for

which instructional materials adoptions will be made and notify the different

publishers and developers of instructional materials. The publishers or developers

shall file with the depository samples of instructional materials, filing fees, bids and

bonds, and other specified information relative to the instructional materials that

they desire to offer for adoption.

(4) The instructional materials depository shall:

(a) Review the bid information submitted by the publishers and developers;

(b) Verify that the bid complies with the specifications; and

(c) Prepare a list of instructional materials and programs, for consideration by the

task force, indicating those in compliance with the standards and

specifications and those not in compliance, detailing areas of noncompliance.156.410 Evaluation of textbooks and programs. (Effective until July 1, 2026)

(1) The chief state school officer shall prepare minimum manufacturing standards,

delineate content specifications, in accordance with the curriculum requirements of

the program of studies for Kentucky schools: grades K-12, and formulate other

criteria for use in the evaluation of textbooks and programs in Kentucky. Criteria

shall require that all materials be suitable for use with a diverse population and be

free of social, ethnic, racial, religious, age, gender, and geographic bias.

(2) It shall be the duty of the chief state school officer to prepare all necessary forms

for use in the evaluation of textbooks and programs, such as advertising for

textbook bids; forms for bids, bonds, and contracts; and other forms.

(3) The Kentucky Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the chief state

school officer, shall have authority to prescribe:

(a) Administrative regulations pertaining to all textbook samples for use on the

state and local levels; and

(b) Shall have authority to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the

agents and representatives of textbooks and programs, as to the methods and

procedures for use in adoptions on the state and local levels.

(4) The chief state school officer, on or before May 1 prior to any adoption year, shall

properly advertise the subjects for which textbook adoptions will be made and

notify the different publishers of the textbooks. The publishers, on or before July

15, of any adoption year, shall file with the chief state school officer textbook

samples, filing fees, textbook bids and bonds, and other specified information

relative to the books that they desire to offer for adoption.

(5) The chief state school officer shall:

(a) Review the bid information submitted by the publishers;

(b) Verify that the bid complies with the specifications; and

(c) Prepare a list of textbooks and programs, for consideration by the State

Textbook Commission indicating those in compliance with the standards and

specifications and those not in compliance, detailing areas of noncompliance.