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June 23, 2026 Committee of the Full Board Item 1

Report on IMRA Cycle 2025 Confirmation of Changes and Potential Action to Initiate Enforcement Actions for Noncompliance

June 26, 2026

COMMITTEE OF THE FULL BOARD: ACTION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: ACTION

SUMMARY: This item provides the committee an opportunity to receive a briefing on the commissioner of education’s final report for the IMRA Cycle 2025 Confirmation of Changes process and to consider action regarding publishers that failed to make required changes or introduced new errors while making those changes.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Texas Education Code (TEC), §§31.022, 31.023, and 31.151. 

TEC, §31.022 requires the SBOE to review instructional materials that have been provided to the board by the agency under TEC, §31.023. The SBOE is required to determine that the material is free from factual error and suitable for the subject and grade level for which the material is designed. 

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. 

TEC, §31.151(a), defines the duties of publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials, including (a)(4) publisher duty to guarantee that each copy of instructional material sold in this state is at least equal in quality to copies of that instructional material sold elsewhere in the United States and is free from factual error and (10) requiring publishers to comply with all other standard terms and conditions adopted by the State Board of Education for use in contracts for the procurement of instructional materials under Subsection (a-1). 

TEC, §31.151(b), authorizes the SBOE to impose a reasonable administrative penalty against a publisher who knowingly violates subsection (a).

The full text of statutory citations can be found in the links above.

PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION: The board adopted products under IMRA Cycle 2025 in November 2025.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATION: As a condition of adoption, publishers of materials adopted by the SBOE under IMRA Cycle 2025 are required to make corrections listed in the IMRA Cycle 2025 Report of Required Corrections, the Report of New Content, and the Report of Editorial Changes. 

MOTION TO BE CONSIDERED: The State Board of Education:  

  1. Move to accept the agency’s verification that all required changes have been completed for identified instructional materials, with no further action required.

  2. Move to require identified publishers to complete all required corrections, new content, and editorial changes; and to correct any newly introduced errors in their instructional materials prior to distribution to students and teachers, or by July 31, 2026, whichever occurs first.

Further, authorize the Texas Education Agency to:

  • Notify publishers of deficiencies and required corrective actions; 

  • Validate completion of required changes; and

  • Initiate enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, a recommendation of administrative penalties as authorized under TEC, §31.151(b), and/or removal from the List of Approved Instructional Materials if publishers fail to meet the deadline.

Staff Member Responsible: 
Amie Phillips, Director, Instructional Materials Review and Approval 

Separate Exhibit: 
Report on IMRA Cycle 2025 Confirmation of Changes
(to be provided in advance of the June 2026 SBOE meeting)          

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