To update and prescribe the procedures governing the adoption of instructional materials for use by Florida school districts for the 2019-20 adoption and beyond. Anticipated changes include incorporating the agency’s existing criteria for ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-7.0710Instructional Materials Evaluation Procedures

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update and prescribe the procedures governing the adoption of instructional materials for use by Florida school districts for the 2019-20 adoption and beyond. Anticipated changes include incorporating the agency’s existing criteria for substitutions of instructional materials, an assurance the materials do not include common core standards and forms for publishers to use.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Procedures relating to instructional materials adoption in Florida.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1003.4156, 1006.34(1), FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.215(4), 1003.4156(1), 1006.29, 1006.30, 1006.31, 1006.32, 1006.33, 1006.34, 1006.36, 1006.38, FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Cathy Seeds, Director of Library Media & Instructional Materials, K-12 Public Schools, [e-mail]. To comment on this a rule development or to request a workshop, please contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail] or go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.