Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 66 - STATE ADOPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS › Subchapter B - STATE ADOPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS › Section 66.27 - Proclamation, Public Notice, and Schedule for Adopting Instructional Materials

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Texas
				  Education Code (TEC), §31.002, defines instructional materials as content
				  that conveys the essential knowledge and skills of a subject in the
				  public-school curriculum through a medium or a combination of media for
				  conveying information to a student. The term includes a book; supplementary
				  materials; a combination of a book, workbook, and supplementary materials;
				  computer software; magnetic media; DVD; CD-ROM; computer courseware; online
				  services; or an electronic medium or other means of conveying information to
				  the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process through
				  electronic means, including open education resource instructional
				  material.
(b) Upon the adoption of
				  revised Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) or Texas Prekindergarten
				  Guidelines (TPG), the State Board of Education (SBOE) shall conduct an
				  investigation to determine the extent of the revisions and whether revisions
				  have created a need for new instructional materials.
(c) The SBOE shall issue a proclamation
				  calling for instructional materials according to the review and adoption cycle
				  adopted by the SBOE if the investigation required in subsection (b) of this
				  section results in the determination that a proclamation is necessary. The
				  proclamation shall serve as notice to all publishers and to the public that
				  bids to furnish new materials to the state are being invited and shall call
				  for:
(1) new instructional materials aligned
				  to all of the TEKS for a specific subject and grade level or course(s) or to
				  the TPG and to TEC, §28.002(h), as it relates to that specific subject in
				  understanding the importance of patriotism and functioning productively in a
				  free-enterprise society with appreciation for the basic democratic values of
				  our state and national heritage;
(2) supplemental material aligned to new or
				  expanded TEKS for a specific subject and grade level or course(s) or to new or
				  expanded TPG and to TEC, §28.002(h), as it relates to that specific
				  subject in understanding the importance of patriotism and functioning
				  productively in a free-enterprise society with appreciation for the basic
				  democratic values of our state and national heritage;
(3) new information demonstrating alignment
				  of current instructional materials to the revised TEKS for a specific subject
				  and grade level or course(s) or the revised TPG and to TEC, §28.002(h), as
				  it relates to that specific subject in understanding the importance of
				  patriotism and functioning productively in a free-enterprise society with
				  appreciation for the basic democratic values of our state and national
				  heritage; or
(4) any combination of
				  the calls described by paragraphs (1)-(3) of this subsection.