July 14, 2025 Committee on Instruction Item 1
Approval of Updates to Approved Instructional Materials
July 14, 2025
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides the opportunity for the Committee on Instruction, as the committee delegated by the State Board of Education (SBOE), to review any public comments received on or before July 14, 2025, and to approve the request from Accelerate Learning to update content in STEMscopes Texas Math grades K–8 and Algebra I products approved as part of IMRA Cycle 2024.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.003 and §31.022.
TEC, §31.003, permits the SBOE to adopt rules for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional materials.
TEC, §31.022(b), requires the SBOE to adopt rules to provide for a full and complete investigation of instructional materials for each subject in the foundation curriculum and for each subject in the enrichment curriculum.
The full text of statutory citations can be found in the statutory authority section of this agenda.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: Instructional materials products were approved by the SBOE through the Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) process at the November 2024 meeting.
At the January 2025 meeting, the SBOE adopted rules related to updates to instructional materials that have previously been reviewed and approved in the IMRA process.
In April 2025, the SBOE approved a request from Texas Education Agency to update content in its Bluebonnet Learning ELAR Grades K, 2, 4, and 5.
At the June 2025 meeting, the SBOE approved a request from Decker & Associates, Inc. to update content in its Personal Financial Literacy & Economics for Real Life products. The board also delegated their authority to the Committee on Instruction to vote on the request from Accelerate Learning to update content in STEMscopes Texas Math grades K–8 and Algebra I products, following the 30-day posting requirement, and before July 18, 2025.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Administrative rules in 19 TAC §67.39, pertaining to updates to approved instructional materials from a past IMRA cycle, require that all requests for content updates must be approved by the SBOE prior to their introduction into state-approved instructional materials. Requests must be submitted in a format designated by the commissioner. This requirement includes electronic instructional materials and Internet products for which all users receive the same updates. Proposed changes shall be posted on the TEA website for a minimum of 30 calendar days prior to approval. The SBOE may assess penalties as allowed by law against publishers that fail to obtain approval for updates to such content in state-approved instructional materials prior to delivery of the materials to school districts.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve requests from Accelerate Learning Inc. to update content in its STEMscopes
Texas Math grades K–8 and Algebra I products approved as part of IMRA Cycle 2024.
Staff Member Responsible:
Amie Phillips, Director, Instructional Materials Review and Approval, District Operations, Technology & Sustainability Supports
Attachment:
Accelerate Learning Inc., STEMscopes Texas Math grades K–8 and Algebra I Update Requests