California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 9 - Instructional Materials* › Subchapter 1 - Elementary Instructional Materials › Article 2 - Adoption of Curriculum Frameworks, Evaluation Criteria and Instructional Materials - Procedures › Section 9519 - Instructional Materials Review Panels and Commission Advisory Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The CDE will
					 propose and the Commission shall approve, for each adoption of instructional
					 materials, the organization of IMRs and CREs into review panels, the assignment
					 of instructional materials to be evaluated by each review panel, and the
					 assignment of a facilitator to each review panel.
(b) Each review panel shall be composed of 5
					 to 15 IMRs and CREs, of which a majority must be IMRs who are teachers, as
					 described in the first sentence of subsection (c) of section
					 9512, and at least 1 must be a
					 CRE.
(c) Each review panel must
					 evaluate instructional materials according to the SBE adopted content
					 standards, curriculum frameworks, evaluation criteria and social content
					 standards.
(d) At the discretion of
					 the chairperson of the Commission, the chairperson of the Subject Matter
					 Committee involved in the adoption or the Executive Director of the Commission,
					 a CRE or IMR with special expertise may respond to questions raised by review
					 panels to which the CRE or IMR has not been assigned.
(e) Each review panel shall decide which
					 instructional materials to recommend for adoption.
(f) Each review panel shall make
					 recommendations as to edits and corrections that should be made to
					 instructional materials.
(g) Review
					 panels shall not recommend rewrites of instructional materials.
(h) Each review panel is encouraged to reach
					 consensus on recommendations. If necessary, the panel will conduct a vote with
					 a simple majority necessary to put forward a recommendation.
(i) The recommendations of the review panels
					 shall be compiled by the CDE into a document titled "IMR/CRE Report of
					 Findings" that shall be presented to the Commission. At least 10 days before
					 the first meeting of the Commission that follows the issuance of the IMR/CRE
					 Report of Findings, the CDE shall distribute the IMR/CRE Report of Findings to
					 the Commission and post it on its website.
(j) The Commission, the CDE, the SBE, or SBE
					 staff may call upon IMRs and CREs to assist the Commission or the SBE in
					 understanding how instructional materials meet the content standards,
					 curriculum frameworks, evaluation criteria and social content standards. In the
					 event that it is determined that other subject matter experts should be called
					 upon to assist the Commission or the SBE in understanding how instructional
					 materials meet the content standards, curriculum frameworks, evaluation
					 criteria and social content standards, such experts shall have qualifications
					 that are consistent with those for CREs as set forth is section
					 9512 and shall be appointed by the
					 SBE.
1. New
						section adopted by the Department of Education on 12-5-94. New section
						submitted to OAL for printing only on 12-6-94, effective 12-30-94. Exempt from
						Chapter 3.5 of the Government Code pursuant to Education Code section
						60004
						(Register 95, No. 3).
2. Amendment of section heading, repealer and
						new section and amendment of NOTE filed 3-3-2008; operative 4-2-2008 (Register
						2008, No. 10).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending
						subsections (a), (d) and (i)-(j) filed 1-10-2012 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2012, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  33031,
						  60005 and
						  60206, Education Code. Reference:
						  Sections 60200 and
						  60204, Education
						  Code.