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West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-7 - Flowchart of Instructional Resources Events

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Flowchart of Instructional Resources
							 Events
August/September
WVBE releases criteria for current adoption
							 cycle.
September 1 - January 1
State Superintendent opens vendor registration period
							 for the West Virginia List of Registered Vendors of Instructional
							 Resources
.
September 1 - December 1
Vendors may submit materials to State IRRC for
							 preliminary complimentary review (optional).
December - January
State IRRC completes a complimentary review of
							 resources per vendor request. WVBE annually provides to all county boards a
							 list of registered vendors that have met the requirements of W. Va. Code §
													18-2A-10.
January 1 - May
County boards review registered resources.
February
WVDE releases State IRRC Resource Preliminary Review
							 results.
May
County IRRCs finalize individual resource
							 reviews.
June 1
County boards submit an annual report of adopted and
							 purchased instructional resources that have been approved by their local boards
							 to WVBE. County alignment and final review documentation shall also be
							 submitted.
Summer
WVBE sets criteria for next adoption cycle.
August
WVBE releases criteria for upcoming adoption
							 cycle.
Fall
Newly adopted instructional resources are available
							 in classrooms.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-8 - Responsibilities of Vendors of Print and Digital Instructional Resources

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8.1. A vendor must
				complete Vendor Registration after September 1st and
				no later than January 1st to ensure the vendor
				appears on the
West Virginia List of Registered Vendors of
				Instructional Resources.
Registration information is located on the
				WVDE Instructional Resources website.
8.1.a.
				Registration Forms. All registrations must be submitted electronically on the
				official WVDE registration site. Vendors must complete all sections of the
				registration form. Upon completing an online registration submission, a
				signature sheet including the vendor's authorized signature must be mailed to
				the WVDE in accordance with the directions on the form. The registration
				templates and examples are available on the WVDE Instructional Resources
				website. Alternatively, vendors may request that the link to the online
				registration template be sent to them via email.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-9 - West Virginia Instructional Resources Review Committee (IRRC) Requirements

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9.1. If a vendor
				wishes to have a review completed by the State IRRC, the correlation documents,
				along with samples of the instructional resources and access to all online
				resources, must be received by the IRRC prior to December 1 of the adoption
				year. These documents shall be used during the review of the instructional
				resources. Failing to submit required documentation within the timeline could
				result in an incomplete review of the product.
9.2. WVDE will provide counties with a
				summary review of any products submitted by vendors and reviewed by the State
				IRRC.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-10 - Services to Counties and Schools

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10.1. Vendors, dealers, agents, and/or
				depositories shall promptly fill all orders of instructional resources by
				delivering, within 10 days after the receipt of orders, to a common carrier at
				the point or points of shipment; shall on or before August 1 of each school
				year sell and cause to be delivered to the dealers, depositories, and/or county
				boards a sufficient number of instructional resources to supply the demand, and
				any failure or neglect to provide such instructional material at such time and
				place may cause the forfeiture of the contract. Furthermore, proper and
				adequate service shall be provided to assist state and local school authorities
				in making known to teachers and principals the philosophy, use, and best
				instructional methods and techniques. Vendors shall provide professional
				learning activities to enable teachers to use approved instructional resources
				effectively and efficiently.
10.2.
				Failure of a vendor to comply with this policy's requirements, the West
				Virginia Governmental Ethics Act (W. Va. Code §6B-1 et seq.), and all
				state and county purchasing requirements, may result in disqualification from
				the current adoption year and subsequent removal of any/all products from the
West Virginia List of Registered Vendors of Instructional
				Resources
.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-11 - Parental Right to Inspect Instructional Resources

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11.1. Each classroom teacher shall comply
				with the request of any parent, custodian, or guardian to inspect instructional
				resources adopted by the county board, supplementary instructional resources,
				and books in the classroom that were not adopted by the county board that are
				available for students to read, subject to the following:
11.1.a. only the parent, custodian, or
				guardian of a child enrolled in the class may make a request;
11.1.b. the classroom teacher may require
				that the parent, custodian, or guardian schedule an appointment in order to
				inspect the instructional resources. The classroom teacher shall schedule the
				appointment within 10 business days of the request of the parent, custodian, or
				guardian; and
11.1.c. as part of
				the inspection and upon request of the parent, custodian, or guardian, the
				classroom teacher shall demonstrate how the instructional material relates to
				the content standards adopted by the WVBE.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-035 - Instructional Resources (Policy 2445.40) › Section 126-35-12 - Severability

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12.1. If any
				provision of this policy or the application thereof to any person or
				circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
				or applications of this policy.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. - This
				legislative rule establishes the procedures for notifying publishers of
				upcoming adoptions of instructional resources including print materials,
				electronic resources and systems, kit-based instructional materials and
				learning technologies by groupings and gives instructions for submitting
				bids.
1.2. Authority. - W. Va.
				Constitution, Article XII, §2 and W. Va. Code §§
									18-2-5,
				18-2A-1
				and
				18-2A-2.
1.3. Filing Date. - February 9,
				2012.
1.4. Effective Date. - March
				12, 2012.
1.5. Repeal of former
				rule. This legislative rule repeals W. Va. §126CSR38, "Textbook Adoption
				Appeal Process for Publishers" (Policy 2445.412) filed October 17, 1986 and
				effective October 17, 1986; W. Va. §126CSR33, "Modifications in Textbook
				Adoption Regulations" (Policy 2445.4) filed December 27, 1982 and effective
				February 27, 1983; W. Va. §126CSR39, "Selection of Textbooks and Other
				Instructional Materials: Inter-ethnic in Content, Concept and Illustration"
				(Policy 2445.43) filed December 27, 1982 and effective December 27, 1982; and
				amends W. Va. §126CSR36, "Textbook Adoption: Notice, Request and
				Instruction to Publishers" (Policy 2445.41) filed September 11, 2009 and
				effective October 13, 2009.
1.6.
				Summary of policy/legislative/procedural rule. This policy notifies publishers
				of the requirements for submitting bids for adoption of instructional resources
				including print materials, electronic resources and systems, kit-based
				instructional materials and learning technologies by groupings for required
				school subjects. Dates and adoption groups vary by year, see W. Va. 126CSR35,
				West Virginia Board of Education (hereinafter WVBE) Policy 2445.40, Groupings
				for Textbook Adoption for Early Childhood Education, Middle Childhood
				Education, and Adolescent Education (hereinafter Policy 2445.40). Procedures
				are given that publishers must follow in submitting bids for the adoption of
				instructional resources including print materials, electronic resources and
				systems, kit-based instructional materials and learning technologies.
				Procedures are included that publishers must follow when requesting an appeal
				when the West Virginia Instructional Materials Advisory Committee (hereinafter
				IMAC) did not recommend the inclusion of their instructional materials on the
Official State Multiple List of Instructional Materials
to the
				WVBE.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-2 - Purpose

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2.1. In accordance
				with W. Va. Code §
									18-2A-2,
				all vendors of new/revised instructional resources including print materials,
				electronic resources and systems, kit-based instructional materials and
				learning technologies are requested by the WVBE to submit official samples and
				related instructional materials to members of the West Virginia Instructional
				Materials Review Committee (hereinafter IMRC), as provided by action of the
				said Board in Appendix A of Policy 2445.40.
2.1.a. The notices, requests and instructions
				set forth herein apply to each program area for each adoption cycle as
				specified in Appendix A of Policy 2445.40.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-3 - Definition

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3.1. The definition
				"Instructional Resources" includes print materials, electronic resources and
				systems, kit-based instructional materials, learning technologies, and other
				materials as defined in W. Va. Code §
									18-2A-1.
3.2. "Instructional Materials" includes, but
				is not limited to, systems of instructional materials, or combinations of books
				(print and/or interactive), books published in multiple series for a single
				grade, and supplementary materials which convey information to the
				pupil.
3.3. "Learning
				Technologies," includes, but is not limited to, applications using computer
				software, computer assisted instruction, and other computer courseware and
				magnetic media.
3.4. "Prime Vendor"
				is one vendor who provides responses to all of the mandatory project components
				using its own resources and/or resources from other vendors. The contract made
				with WVBE shall be made only with a prime vendor.
3.5. "Free Items" - Any teacher resource
				materials necessary for the delivery of the program, except for the teacher's
				edition/manual.
3.6. "Interactive
				Instructional Materials " are in electronic format and include, but are not
				limited to, resources that provide users the ability to select, control,
				manipulate, and/or contribute content to increase the learning
				experience.
3.7. "Appeal" is the
				procedure whereby a publisher contests the findings and decisions of the IMAC
				by requesting the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools (hereinafter
				State Superintendent) conduct a review of the findings and recommendations of
				the IMAC.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-4 - Applicability

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4.1. Instructional
				resources, including print materials, electronic resources and systems,
				kit-based instructional materials or any combination thereof submitted by a
				prime vendor and adopted on the state multiple list must substantially cover
				the required content and skills for the subject as approved by the WVBE as a
				primary source of instruction. Adopted materials must be current and
				information presented accurately; therefore, materials may be updated,
				substituted or otherwise changed and improved to ensure they are current and
				accurate. Copyright dates of instructional materials being bid must not be more
				than three years prior to the adoption period.
4.1.a. Publishers shall provide Lexile
				Measures for student editions of all materials in all content areas approved
				for use as primary instructional materials. Publishers shall provide Quantile
				Measures for all student editions approved as primary instructional materials
				for mathematics and, when applicable, for all student editions approved as
				primary instructional materials for science courses within 90 days from the
				date of notification that the material has been approved for recommendation to
				the WVBE for inclusion on the Official Multiple Listing of Approved Materials.
				Successful vendors shall bear the cost of obtaining Lexile and Quantile
				Measures.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-5 - Guidelines

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5.1. Bids and Bid
				Deposit
-
All vendors are requested by the WVBE to submit
				electronic bids on the subjects set forth for an adoption period as specified
				in Appendix A of Policy 2445.40 beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 at
				the conclusion of the period. Each bidder shall, on or before the closing date
				for receiving of bids, have deposited with the Coordinator of Instructional
				Resources, West Virginia Department of Education, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East,
				Capitol Building 6, Room 603, Charleston, WV 25305-0330, a signed signature
				sheet and a certified check in the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
				payable to the West Virginia Department of Education (hereinafter WVDE). Such
				deposit shall be forfeited to the general school fund if such bidder shall fail
				or refuse to make and execute such contract and bond as is required by law in
				case of acceptance of all or part of the vendor's bid, and otherwise,
				reimbursement shall be returned to such bidder after the contract has been
				made. The bids shall be submitted electronically using the online bid
				submission form made available on the WVDE website at
				http://wvde.state.wv.us/materials [File Link Not Available]. The signed
				signature sheet and the certified check for $1,000.00 made payable to the WVDE
				shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope on which is designated "Instructional
				Materials Bid" and be mailed to the WVDE Coordinator of Instructional
				Resources. The bids are to be in the hands of the State Superintendent on or
				before 12 noon, on a date in April of the adoption year as set annually by the
				WVDE Coordinator of Instructional Resources and listed in the bid packet and on
				the WVDE website at http://wvde.state.wv.us/materials. [File Link Not
				Available] All bids will be opened in public in a designated room at the WVDE
				at 10:00 a.m. on a date in April of the adoption year as set annually by the
				WVDE Coordinator of Instructional Resources and listed in the bid packet and on
				the WVDE website at http://wvde.state.wv.us/materials. [File Link Not
				Available]
5.1.a. A list of
				publishers/vendors who submit bids shall be made public. The details of such
				bids shall be released upon WVBE approval of the state multiple
				listing.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-7 - State Requirements

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7.1.
				Official Samples
-
The WVDE reserves the right to request an
				official state sample (to be reviewed by the WVBE) at any time during the
				contract period, not to exceed eight years. If requested, the mailing cartons
				shall be marked "Official Copy." Each sample item must be marked "Official
				Copy." Each vendor shall designate the "SUBJECT" and "COURSE TITLES" or "GRADE
				LEVEL(S)" on the outside front cover of each sample. All samples submitted for
				bid shall meet the manufacturing specifications for the particular
				item.
7.2. Warranty of
				instructional resources including print materials, electronic resources and
				systems, and kit-based instructional materials - Vendors shall comply with
				warranty requirements as noted in Section 5.14.
7.2.a. Print materials - Vendors shall mail
				or send electronically a Form B Warranty for each instructional material to the
				WVDE Coordinator of Instructional Resources within 60 days from the date of
				notification that the material has been approved for recommendation to the WVBE
				for inclusion on the Official Multiple Listing of Approved Materials. Bids can
				be accepted and approval granted for the adoption of softbound books; however,
				soft covers are generally prohibited above grade 2, unless the hardcover
				edition accompanies the soft cover edition to give counties a selection option.
				(Conditions noted in Section 5.13 must be followed.)
7.2.b. Instructional Materials -
				Instructional materials (systems of), or combinations of books and
				supplementary materials, shall meet the warranty/replacement requirements
				(Section 5.13). (Form M Warranty must be mailed to the WVDE Coordinator of
				Instructional Resources. Form M Warranty is included in the MSST book which is
				available through the Advisory Commission on Textbook
				Specifications.)
7.2.c. Learning
				Technologies - Learning technologies shall meet the warranty/replacement
				requirements (Section 5.13) with exceptions for justifiable circumstances. For
				example, if a vendor bids a DVD player as part of the solution package, and the
				normal warranty on the equipment is less than six years, it must be noted. In
				the case of learning technologies, it shall be sufficient for vendors to
				provide access via a web-hosted online format and password; vendors shall not
				be required to provide computer hardware.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-8 - Multiple List and Contract Information

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8.1. The selections and approval of the
				multiple list of the applicable Group as specified in Appendix A of Policy
				2445.40 shall be made by the WVBE. Within thirty (30) days following
				publication of the Official State Multiple List, proper contracts shall be
				executed with the vendors of the selected instructional materials for a period
				prescribed by the WVBE in accordance with the provisions of W. Va. Code §
									18-2A-1,
				unless the law relating hereto during such period be altered, repealed, or
				amended.
8.2. The Official State
				Multiple List is scheduled to be forwarded to county boards of education by
				December of each adoption year.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-9 - Services to Counties and Schools

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9.1. Vendors, dealers, agents and/or
				depositories shall promptly fill all orders of instructional materials by
				delivering, within ten days after the receipt of orders, to a common carrier at
				the point or points of shipment; shall on or before August 1 of each school
				year sell and cause to be delivered to the dealers, depositories, and/or county
				boards of education a sufficient number of instructional materials to supply
				the demand, and any failure or neglect to provide such instructional material
				at such time and place may cause the forfeiture of the contract. Furthermore,
				proper and adequate service shall be provided to assist state and local school
				authorities in making known to teachers and principals the philosophy, use, and
				best instructional methods and techniques. Vendors shall provide staff
				development activities to enable teachers to use approved instructional
				materials effectively and efficiently.
9.2. Publishers, vendors, agents, and/or
				their representatives/affiliates shall refrain from contacting any employee of
				a West Virginia county school system, any member of a county board of
				education, and/or any group or individual who may have influence over the
				adoption of instructional materials to discuss items that are or may be on that
				company's official bid submission for that adoption cycle . This blackout
				period will begin on the date the West Virginia Call for Materials is issued
				and will end on the day after the WVBE approves the Official State Multiple
				List of Instructional Materials.
9.3. Failure to comply with policy
				requirements and the West Virginia Ethics Act may result in disqualification
				from the current adoption year and subsequent removal of any/all products from
				the Official State Multiple List of Instructional Materials.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-10 - Explanation of Bid Items

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10.1.
				International Standard Book Number (hereinafter ISBN)
-
Vendors
				are directed to list on the bid the complete and exact ISBN, including the
				digits and all hyphens or spaces, as it appears on the "Official Copy," except
				in the case of learning technologies that may not have an ISBN, in which case
				some other unique legal identification shall be used. Items without ISBN's
				shall be identified by the order number.
10.2. Program Designations
-
For
				the convenience of the WVBE the bids submitted hereunder shall be clearly
				designated by the applicable GROUP, PERIOD OF ADOPTION, SUBJECT and GRADE LEVEL
				and/or COURSE. Prices for the respective program(s) shall be set up in columns
				as herein designated:
10.2.a. COLUMN 1:
				Lowest net wholesale price. (See Section 2.1.)
10.2.a.1. Definition: Such price is that
				which is stated in the bid and will be sold to county schools and/or county
				school units, the approved depository(ies) and/or the responsible
				dealers.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-11 - Appeal Process for Publishers

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11.1. Purpose: The purpose of the appeal
				process is to provide publishers of instructional materials the opportunity to
				appeal the recommendations of the IMAC when the recommendations did not support
				the inclusion of their instructional materials on the
Official State
				Multiple List of Instructional Materials
recommended to the
				WVBE.
11.2. Appeal Bases - A
				publisher may base an appeal on any of the following errors alleged to have
				been made.
11.2.a. Correlations: The
				publisher contends that oversights occurred when the IMAC worked to determine
				the degree of alignment of materials to the established criteria.
11.2.b. Communication: The publisher contends
				that errors occurred in communication when publishers and/or their
				representatives offered clarifying responses to questions asked by the IMAC
				during deliberations.
11.2.c.
				Evaluation: The publisher contends that the IMAC did not understand the format
				of the program, print or electronic, and were unable to conduct a complete and
				thorough review of the materials.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-12 - Explanation of Terms

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12.1.
				Appeal to Executive Committee
12.1.a.
				Definition: Upon receiving notification from the State Superintendent that a
				publisher has filed an appeal that warrants a hearing, the Executive Committee
				of the IMAC will convene to review the appeal relative to the Appeal Bases (see
				Section 11.2) and to provide a recommendation to the State
				Superintendent.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-13 - Appeal Procedure

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13.1. The
				decision of the IMAC to exclude a publisher's instructional resource, print or
				electronic, including the student edition, teacher's edition, bid, or any
				accompanying instructional materials from the
Official State Multiple
				List of Instructional Materials
will be transmitted by email and mail
				to the publisher by the WVDE.
13.2.
				A publisher that wishes to contest the decision to exclude his instructional
				materials on the
Official State Multiple List of Instructional
				Materials
may file a letter of appeal requesting an appeal
				hearing.
13.3. The letter of appeal
				shall be sent by the publisher via certified mail or hand carried by a company
				representative or by a designee of the company to the Office of the West
				Virginia State Superintendent of Schools. An email stating the intent to file
				an appeal must also be sent to the WVDE Coordinator of Instructional
				Resources.
13.4. The letter of
				appeal must be received by the State Superintendent within ten business days of
				the notice to exclude the publisher's materials from the
Official State
				Multiple List of Instructional Materials.
13.5. Failure to file an appeal within the
				ten business days of the notification to exclude the publisher's materials
				shall be considered a forfeiture of the right to appeal.
13.6. Appeal Format: a publisher shall
				identify in writing to the State Superintendent each condition relative to the
				Appeal Bases (See Section 11.2) on which the appeal is based. The publisher
				shall provide evidence to support contentions relative to the Appeal
				Bases.
13.7. Initiation of the
				Appeal: The State Superintendent shall receive the publisher's request for an
				appeal hearing and will accept or reject the request not later than five
				working days following the receipt of the appeal.
13.8. The Letter of Appeal shall include the
				following information:
13.8.a. Name of
				Publisher
13.8.b. Mailing
				Address/Zip Code of Publisher
13.8.c. Telephone of Publisher
13.8.d. Email Address of Publisher
13.8.e. Specification of the instructional
				materials resource/program, series, student edition, teacher's edition/manual
				and/or other instructional material being appealed
13.8.f. Specification of alleged errors
				related to Appeal Bases (See Section 11.2) and supporting data.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-14 - Appeals Based Upon Hearing and Evaluation Meetings

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14.1. The State Superintendent shall inform
				the WVDE Coordinator of Instructional Resources that an investigation is
				required.
14.2. The WVDE
				Coordinator of Instructional Resources, through the WVDE Division of Curriculum
				and Instruction, shall assist the Executive Committee of the IMAC in a review
				of the appeal.
14.3. The results of
				the review shall be submitted to the State Superintendent for consideration.
				The State Superintendent may accept the recommendation, or reject the
				recommendation of the Executive Committee of the IMAC and refer the appeal to
				an Appeal Board.
14.4. The results
				of the findings of the Executive Committee of the IMAC or the Appeal Board
				shall be submitted to the State Superintendent for a recommendation to the
				WVBE.
14.5. The decision of the
				WVBE shall be reported to the publisher and the IMAC.
14.6. It is intended that the Appeals
				Procedure, once initiated by a publisher, be conducted in a reasonable time
				frame so that the final decision regarding the appeal will be rendered before
				the State Superintendent's recommendation of the
Official State
				Multiple List of Instructional Materials
for consideration by the
				WVBE.
14.7. Notification Not To
				List - The WVDE Coordinator of Instructional Resources will notify the
				publisher by email and certified letter of the results of the appeal. In the
				event the decision is made to exclude the instructional materials of a
				publisher from the
Official State Multiple List of Instructional
				Materials
after conducting the appeal, the reasons for the exclusion
				of the instructional materials will be communicated to the publisher.
14.8. Communications - The WVDE Coordinator
				of Instructional Resources is responsible for keeping all parties informed and
				maintaining records regarding the various stages of the appeal
				process.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-036 - Instructional Resources Adoption; Notice, Request and Instructions to Publishers (2445.41) › Section 126-36-15 - Severability

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15.1. If any
				provision of this rule or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
				is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
				applications of this rule.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-037 - Uniform Grading (2515) › Section 126-37-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. B This
				legislative rule establishes a uniform grading policy that must be used by all
				schools in West Virginia for any course for which high school credit is to be
				awarded.
1.2. Authority. B W. Va.
				Constitution, Article XII, '2 and W. Va. Code '18-2-5.
1.3. Filing Date. B February 13,
				2014
1.4. Effective Date. B July 1,
				2014
1.5. Repeal of Former Rule.
				This legislative rule amends W. Va. 126CSR37, West Virginia Board of Education
				Policy 2515, Uniform Grading, filed April 11, 2008 and effective July 1,
				2008.
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2.1. The West
				Virginia Board of Education establishes a uniform grading policy that must be
				used by all county boards of education for those courses for which high school
				credit is to be awarded.
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3.1. Section 3.2 sets forth a grading scale
				that must be used for any course taken for high school credit, regardless of
				the grade level of the student at the time the course is taken, other than
				courses that county boards of education choose pursuant to Section 4.
3.2. Non-weighted course grading scale:
Average
Grade
Quality
						  Points
93-100
A
4.0
85-92
B
3.0
75-84
C
2.0
65-74
D
1.0
0-64
F
0
3.3.
				County school systems may, but are not required to, adopt this grading scale
				for use in courses or grade levels for which high school credit is not
				involved.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-037 - Uniform Grading (2515) › Section 126-37-4 - Weighted Grades

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4.1. County
				boards of education shall issue weighted grades for Advanced
				Placement
,
Advanced Career Courses, and International
				Baccalaureate courses for which high school credit is to be awarded. Section
				4.2 sets forth the grading scale that must be used for Advanced Placement,
				Advanced Career Courses, and International Baccalaureate courses. County boards
				of education continue to have discretionary authority to issue weighted grades
				for other advanced high school courses.
4.2. Weighted course grading scale.
Average
Grade
Quality Points
93-100
A
5.0
85-92
B
4.0
75-84
C
3.0
65-74
D
2.0
0-64
F
0
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5.1. If any
				provision of this rule or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
				is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
				applications of this rule.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-1 - General

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1.1.
				Scope.--Thisrule establishes the regulations for public school support of the
				operationof the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program operated by the Adjutant
				General and known as the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy. The Mountaineer
				ChalleNGe Academy is designated as a special alternative education program
				pursuant to W. Va. Code §
									15-1B-24
				and §
									18-2-6
				for students who are at risk of not succeeding in the traditional school
				structure.
1.2. Authority.--W. Va.
				Constitution, Article XII, §2; W. Va. Code §§
									18-1-1 and
				4;
				18-2-6;
				and
				15-1B-24.
1.3. Filing Date.-- October 13,
				2016.
1.4. Effective
				Date.--November 14, 2016.
1.5.
				Repeal of Former Rule.--None. This is a new rule.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-2 - Enrollment Status of Students

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2.1. The West Virginia Board of
				Education(hereinafter WVBE) shall work with county boards of education to
				provide the names and addresses of all high school dropouts in the state to the
				director of the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy (hereinafter MCA) annually upon
				request.
2.2. A student
				participating in the MCA special alternative education program shall remain at
				full enrollment status in the referring county board of education for the
				purposes of state aid funding and calculating attendance and graduation
				rates.
2.3. The MCA shall
				confidentially maintain the education records of all participating students and
				comply with all applicable provisions of the Family Educational Rights and
				Privacy Act (FERPA) (
				20 U.S.C. §
										1232g; 34 CFR Part 99).
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-3 - Tuition

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3.1. The county
				board of education shall make payment of tuition to the MCA for each student
				who graduates from the MCA with a high school diploma and who resides in the
				county board of education's district. Tuition means an amount equal to
				seventy-five percent of the statewide average net state aid allotted per pupil
				based on net enrollment adjusted for state aid purposes. The county board of
				education shall pay tuition to the MCA only for those students earning a high
				school diploma while at the MCA and for whom the county receives state aid
				funding during the school year the student attends MCA (based on the enrollment
				status as of the preceding year second month enrollment) or for whom the county
				will receive state aid funding in the subsequent school year (based on the
				enrollment status as of the second month enrollment in the year of attendance
				at MCA).
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-4 - Option Pathway and High School Diploma

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4.1. The MCA is approved by the West Virginia
				Department of Education (hereinafter WVDE) to implement the Option Pathway (see
				W. Va. 126CSR32, WVBE Policy 2444.4, Issuance of the State of West Virginia
				High School Equivalency Diploma, hereinafter Policy 2444.4).
4.2. The MCA student must successfully
				complete the requirements found in Policy 2444.4, section 8, to be counted as a
				graduate of his or her home high school for the purposes of calculating the
				graduation rate. Policy 2444.4, section 8, states:
4.2.a. Examinees, at least sixteen (16),
				seventeen (17) or eighteen (18) years of age, who are participating in the MCA
				may take the WVDE approved high school equivalency assessment without
				withdrawing from a West Virginia high school.
4.2.b. The sixteen (16), seventeen (17) or
				eighteen (18) years of age student currently enrolled in a West Virginia high
				school participating in the Option Pathway shall be awarded a high school
				diploma from their high school of origin by MCA and be counted as a graduate if
				the student meets the following requirements:
4.2.b.1. Attends preparation classes for high
				school equivalency assessment;
4.2.b.2. Passes the WVDE approved high school
				equivalency assessment;
4.2.b.3.
				Completes the 22 week MCA program;
4.2.b.4. Successfully completes the
				competencies in the four National Guard Youth Challenge Program Courses;
				and
4.2.b.5. Meets the scores of a
				career readiness assessment as determined by the WVDE.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-5 - Participation in Adult Education Program

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5.1. A MCA student, age 17 or over, who does
				not successfully complete the MCA Option Pathway and does not return to a
				public high school may participate in the adult education program for the
				purpose of earning a high school equivalency diploma.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-6 - Participation in Child Nutrition Program

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6.1. For the purposes of participation in the
				National School Lunch Program, the MCA is identified as a residential child
				care institution and eligible to receive reimbursement for breakfast, lunch and
				afterschool snack.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-038 - Public School Support for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy (Policy 2446) › Section 126-38-7 - Severability

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7.1. If any
				provision of this rule or the application thereof to any person or circumstance
				is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
				applications of this rule.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-039 - Selection Of Textbooks And Other Instructional Materials: Inter-Ethnic In Content, Concept And Illustration › Section 126-39-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. -- This
				legislative rule requires state and local textbook committees and individual
				educators responsible for selection of textbooks and other printed materials
				which include and illustrate the intercultural character of our
				society.
1.2. Authority. -- W. Va.
				Code '18-2-5.
1.3. Filing Date. -- December 27,
				1982.
1.4. Effective Date. --
				December 27, 1982.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-039 - Selection Of Textbooks And Other Instructional Materials: Inter-Ethnic In Content, Concept And Illustration › Section 126-39-2 - Rationale

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2.1. The West
				Virginia Board of Education recognizes the pluralistic nature of American
				society.
2.2. Minority and ethnic
				group contributions are an inextricable part of the total growth and
				development of this nation.
2.3.
				Education must perpetuate these contributions as an essential part of the
				American heritage.
2.4. Much of the
				instructional program is based on or derived from factual and conceptual
				material contained in textbooks and other printed materials.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-039 - Selection Of Textbooks And Other Instructional Materials: Inter-Ethnic In Content, Concept And Illustration › Section 126-39-3 - Requirement

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3.1. Therefore, be
				it resolved that both state and local textbook committees and individual
				educators charged with responsibility for the selection of textbooks and other
				printed materials to be used in school programs K-12 shall select only those
				textbooks and materials for classroom use which accurately portray minority and
				ethnic group contributions to American growth and culture and which depict and
				illustrate the intercultural character of our pluralistic
				society.--12/11/70
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-040 - Rules For Granting Exemptions To The Legal Requirements For The Adoption And Utilization Of Textbooks/Programs › Section 126-40-1 - General

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1.1. Scope. -- This
				legislative rule identified the exceptions to the rule that county boards of
				education shall adopt and schools use only those basal textbooks on the current
				official state multiple list.
1.2.
				Authority. -- W. Va. Code '18-2A-8.
1.3. Filing Date. -- July 10, 1985.
1.4. Effective Date. -- September 10,
				1985.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-040 - Rules For Granting Exemptions To The Legal Requirements For The Adoption And Utilization Of Textbooks/Programs › Section 126-40-2 - Preface

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Chapter 18, Article 2A, Section 8 of the State Code provides
				  that all textbooks used for basal instruction in required areas of study in the
				  public schools in West Virginia must be approved by the State Board of
				  Education and listed on the state multiple list. The Code further permits the
				  West Virginia Board of Education to make such rules and regulations necessary
				  for carrying out the provisions of Article 2A. County boards of education shall
				  adopt (and schools shall use) only those basal textbooks on the current
				  official state multiple list unless "exempted" by an official action of the
				  West Virginia Board of Education under the provisions of this
				  policy.
West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-040 - Rules For Granting Exemptions To The Legal Requirements For The Adoption And Utilization Of Textbooks/Programs › Section 126-40-3 - Rules

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3.1. An "exemption"
				will be granted when based on any expressed provision of Article 2A.
3.2. A request for exemption must fall in one
				of four categories:
a. The additional
				adoption of textbooks from the state multiple list not provided in the original
				county adoption;
b. The guaranteed
				use of textbooks for a period commensurate to the appropriate adoption grouping
				for textbooks adopted/purchased for use in grades 7-12 (middle childhood and
				adolescent education) prior to the approval of a state multiple list;
c. The continued use of textbooks from the
				most recently expired state multiple list with documentation assuring
				availability to each student enrolled in the class for the duration of the
				adoption period; and/or,
d.
				Requests not in the three (3) preceding categories will be reviewed on a
				case-by-case basis and shall be presented to the State Board for its
				determination.
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4.1. The department
				may develop the procedures to implement these rules.
4.2. A summary date analysis relative to the
				exemptions granted will be reviewed annually by the State Board of Education to
				determine if the need exists for revision and/or modification within the
				textbook laws or these rules.