| (a) Upon the adoption of revised Texas Essential Knowledge
and Skills (TEKS) or Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (TPG), the State
Board of Education (SBOE) shall determine if the extent of the revisions
have created a need to remove instructional materials from the list
approved under Texas Education Code, §31.022.
(b) The SBOE shall issue a proclamation calling for
instructional materials if the determination in subsection (a) of
this section results in a decision that a proclamation is necessary.
The proclamation shall serve as notice to:
(1) all publishers to submit instructional material
for review for the subject and grade level or course(s); and
(2) all publishers with approved instructional materials
for the subject and grade level or course(s) that to remain on the
list of approved materials, the publisher must submit new or revised
materials or new information demonstrating alignment of current instructional
materials to the revised TEKS or TPG.
(c) The Texas Education Agency shall issue an annual
request for instructional materials to notify all publishers and the
public that submissions of instructional materials aligned to quality
rubrics and the suitability rubric approved by the SBOE are being
invited for review.
(d) Each proclamation and annual request for instructional
materials for review shall contain the following:
(1) information about and reference to applicable TEKS,
TPG, and English Language Proficiency Standards in each subject for
which submissions are being invited;
(2) the student enrollment of the courses or grade
levels called for, to the extent that it is available, for the school
year prior to the year in which the proclamation or annual request
for instructional materials is issued;
(3) the requirement that a publisher grant electronic
access to the instructional materials being submitted that complies
to the specifications in the proclamation or annual request for instructional
materials for review and may not submit a print copy;
(4) specifications for providing computerized files
to produce accessible formats of approved instructional materials;
(5) specifications for ensuring that electronic instructional
materials are fully accessible to students with disabilities; and
(6) a schedule of instructional materials review and
approval procedures.
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