Serving on the textbook adoption committee means that you be a key player selecting the books used to teach health in your community. The local school adoption for Science and Health Education is school year 1998-99. Adoption committee members are meeting now. Fall 1997 IDOE obtained bids from companies and develops a list of potential texts. Spring 1998 IDOE sent out a list to schools of approved texts.
Schools review textbooks and make selections.
Summer 1999 School corporations report textbook selections to IDOE or apply for a waiver. Schools implement the new textbook adoption. After the State Board of Education officially adopts textbooks, a list of all newly adopted textbooks is circulated to the schools. Local superintendents are responsible for establishing local review procedures. After receiving recommendations from this committee, the superintendent makes recommendations to the local school board regarding textbook adoption.