June 2025 Committee on Instruction Item 4
Approval of Updates and Substitutions to Adopted or Approved Instructional Materials
June 27, 2025
COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTION: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: CONSENT
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the committee and board to approve update and/or substitution requests received for State Board of Education (SBOE)-adopted or approved products. The updated content has been reviewed by subject-area specialists and determined to address the pertinent student expectations in a manner equal to the content initially reviewed and approved by the state review panel or Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) reviewers, as applicable.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.003 and §31.022.
TEC, §31.003, permits the State Board of Education (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.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: In 2015 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for three products. In 2016 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for two products. In 2019 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for seven products. In 2020 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for 21 products. In 2021 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for 16 products. In 2022 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for 25 products. In 2023 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for 10 products. In 2024 the SBOE approved update and/or substitution requests for 16 products.
In January 2025 the SBOE approved requests from Studies Weekly to update content in its social studies grades K–5 products.
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.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Administrative rules in 19 TAC §66.75, pertaining to updates to adopted instructional materials from a past proclamation, require that all requests for updates involving content used in determining the product's eligibility for adoption must be approved by the State Board of Education (SBOE) prior to their introduction into state-adopted instructional materials. Requests must be submitted in a format designated by the commissioner and must include correlations to applicable student expectations. 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 seven 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-adopted instructional materials prior to delivery of the materials to school districts.
The SBOE shall either accept or reject each updated TEKS or TPG coverage percentage and errors report in accordance with 19 TAC §66.66.
Rules in 19 TAC §66.76 permit a publisher to submit a request for approval to substitute a new edition of state-adopted instructional materials. The rule also requires that all requests for updates involving content used in determining the product’s eligibility for adoption must be approved by the SBOE prior to their introduction into state-adopted instructional materials.
Rules in 19 TAC §67.39 permit a publisher to submit a request for approval to update content in SBOE-approved instructional materials.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve requests from Decker & Associates, Inc to update content in its Personal Financial Literacy & Economics for Real Life products, adopted under Proclamation 2024.
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 I:
Decker & Associates, Inc (D&A), Personal Financial Literacy & Economics for Real Life Update Requests
Attachment II:
Accelerate Learning Inc., STEMscopes Texas Math grades K–8 and Algebra I Update Requests