January 2025 Committee on Instruction Item 6
Recommendations Regarding Renewal of Instructional Materials Contracts
January 31, 2025
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONSENT
SUMMARY: This item recommends renewal of instructional materials contracts that expire on August 31, 2025. This action is recommended to ensure that these materials remain available for distribution to school districts until replacements become available.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.026.
TEC, §31.026, requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to execute contracts with publishers of adopted materials that coincide with the board's review cycle and that specify a price fixed for the term of the contract that does not exceed the lowest price paid by any other state or any school or school district.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Instructional materials included in Proclamation 2017 are career and technical education (CTE), languages other than English (LOTE), Special Topics in Social Studies, Algebraic Reasoning, and Statistics. Instructional materials from Proclamation 2017 were adopted in November 2016.
Texas Administrative Code, §66.72(g), requires publishers awarded instructional materials contracts to be prepared to extend the contract period for not more than four years.
A list of instructional materials recommended for 2025–2029 renewal is provided in the attachment. Current contracts for these materials will expire on August 31, 2025, and new instructional materials for the subject areas will not yet be adopted at that time.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Renew contracts for instructional materials adopted under Proclamation 2017 in the subject areas and for the periods indicated in the attachment.
Staff Member Responsible:
Colin Dempsey, Director, District Operations, Technology, and Sustainability Supports
Attachment I.
Instructional Materials Recommended for 2025–2029 Renewal
Attachment II.
Proclamation 2017