January 27, 2026 Committee of the Full Board Item 7
Instructional Materials Review and Approval Cycle 2026 Update
January 30, 2026
COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION
SUMMARY: This item provides an opportunity for the board to receive updates on Instructional Materials Review Approval (IMRA) Cycle 2026. The presentation will include a preliminary list of materials for review and an overview of the instructional materials market landscape. The board may decide to add instructional materials to or remove instructional materials from the review list for IMRA Cycle 2026.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §31.022 and §31.023, as amended by HB 1605, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023.
TEC, §31.022, as amended by HB 1605, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, requires the SBOE to review instructional materials that have been provided to the board by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under TEC, §31.023.
TEC, §31.023, as amended by HB 1605, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, requires the commissioner of education to establish, in consultation with and with the approval of the SBOE, a process for the annual review of instructional materials by TEA. In conducting a review under this section, TEA must use a rubric developed by TEA in consultation with and approved by the SBOE.
PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: At the December 2023 meeting, the Board approved the process and procedure for the new IMRA process
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: TEC, Chapter 31, addresses instructional materials in public education and permits the SBOE to adopt rules for the adoption, requisition, distribution, care, use, and disposal of instructional materials. HB 1605, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, significantly revises TEC, Chapter 31, including several provisions under SBOE authority. HB 1605 also added a new provision to TEC, Chapter 48, to provide additional funding to school districts and charter schools that adopt and implement SBOE approved materials.
TEC, 31.002 as amended by HB 1605, 88 Regular Session, 2023, expanded the definition of instructional materials to include full-subject, tier-one; partial-subject, tier-one; and supplemental instructional materials.
TEC, 31.023(a)(1)(B) requires that any process developed for the review of instructional materials includes a process for the agency to review materials if the State Board of Education requests by a majority vote that the material be reviewed by the agency.
TEC, 31.023(a)(1) requires the agency to establish, in consultation with and with the approval of the State Board of Education, a process for the annual review of instructional materials by the agency. This process must include a process for the agency to select instructional materials for review.
The Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) Process document was approved by the SBOE on February 2, 2024. Step 14 of that process requires the agency to provide a market share analysis to the SBOE. Step 15 of that process requires that the agency present a proposed list of materials to be included in the review cycle to the SBOE and for the SBOE to have the opportunity to, by majority vote, request materials be added to the list of materials to be included in the review cycle.
MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:
Approve to include [insert product name, publisher, subject/course and grade band] in IMRA Cycle 2026 as a required instructional material to be reviewed per Texas Education Code, §31.023.(a)(1)(B); and
Approve to remove [insert product name, publisher, subject/course and grade band] from the list of instructional materials to be reviewed in IMRA Cycle 2026.
Staff Members Responsible:
Colin Dempsey, Senior Division Director, District Operations, Technology, and Sustainability Supports
Amie Phillips, Deputy Director, Instructional Materials Review and Approval
Separate Exhibit:
Preliminary List of Programs for Review in IMRA Cycle 2026
(to be provided in advance of the January 2026 SBOE meeting)