HB 336 Summary

• Requires publishers to provide evidence of standards correlation on forms supplied by the State Department of Education to demonstrate how textbooks address course of study standards.

• Authorizes the State Superintendent of Education to convene instructional materials review committees separate from the State Textbook Committee to review and rate other specific instructional materials beyond textbooks.

• Empowers the State Superintendent of Education to establish evaluation criteria and develop guidelines for reviewing instructional materials, with authority to publish statewide lists of approved materials.

• Allows instructional materials approved through the review process to qualify for statewide master service agreements that streamline procurement for schools and districts adopting those materials.

• Permits members of instructional materials review committees to receive per diem and travel expenses subject to appropriations; becomes effective three months after passage.