(a) The State Board of Education (SBOE) shall adopt
a review and adoption cycle for instructional materials for prekindergarten
and for elementary and secondary grade levels for each subject in
the required curriculum.
(b) In adopting the cycle, the SBOE:
(1) is not required to review and adopt instructional
materials for all grade levels in a single year; and
(2) shall give priority to instructional materials
in the following subjects:
(A) foundation curriculum subjects for which the essential
knowledge and skills have been substantially revised and for which
assessment instruments are required under the Texas Education Code
(TEC), Chapter 39, Subchapter B, including career and technical education
courses that satisfy foundation curriculum requirements as provided
by the TEC, §28.002(n);
(B) foundation curriculum subjects for which the essential
knowledge and skills have been substantially revised, including career
and technical education courses that satisfy foundation curriculum
requirements as provided by the TEC, §28.002(n);
(C) foundation curriculum subjects not described by
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, including career and technical
education courses that satisfy foundation curriculum requirements
as provided by the TEC, §28.002(n); and
(D) enrichment curriculum subjects.
(3) The adoption cycle for subjects in the foundation
curriculum shall be organized so that instructional materials for
not more than one-fourth of the subjects in the foundation curriculum
are reviewed each biennium. A full and complete investigation of instructional
materials for each subject in the foundation curriculum shall occur
every eight years unless content of instructional materials for a
subject is sufficiently current. Estimated expenditures and historical
or expected legislative appropriations shall be considered when determining
placement of subjects in the cycle.
(4) The adoption cycle for subjects in the enrichment
curriculum shall be organized so that placement of a subject in the
cycle is based on the need for up-to-date materials that align to
revised Texas essential knowledge and skills or the addition of new
courses. Estimated expenditures and historical or expected legislative
appropriations shall be considered when determining placement of subjects
in the cycle.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §66.21 adopted to be effective September 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 7236; amended to be effective March 4, 2001, 26 TexReg 1706; amended to be effective July 8, 2012, 37 TexReg 4911; amended to be effective May 21, 2014, 39 TexReg 3855; amended to be effective May 5, 2016, 41 TexReg 3137 |