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DISPOSAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
“The Commissioner rules are posted on the Texas Register for public comments. It contains proposed rule text for the sale and disposal of instructional materials. While the rules have yet to be finalized, it does provide additional guidance for the sale and disposal of instructional materials. Our recommendation at TEA is to wait until the rules become final to ensure districts follow the Commissioner’s approved process.”
John Lopez
Managing Director
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
john.lopez@tea.state.tx.us
(512) 475-3600
ABOUT CMD (LEGAL)
On page 6 it speaks to the manner is which we are able to sell printed instructional materials on the date they are discontinued for use in the public schools by the SBOE or the Commissioner. That is to say once they are out of adoption, we can sell them.
On page 7, at the very bottom, it states "Under no circumstances shall a district sell out-of-adoption materials."
I called the legal department at TASB and spoke to an attorney about this and she stated that it appears the TEC and TAC statutes conflict each other. She also stated she would send out an e-mail to her peers and try to get some resolution and call me back.
While waiting for the call from TASB, I called John Lopez to inquire about it also. He stated that TAC had not been updated yet after the last legislative session but it was in the works. He said that it was scheduled to be done by the end of June and until that time, we should follow the TEC which says we can sell them. After June, they should say the same thing.
As soon as I hung up with him, TASB called back and said the same thing but she did not know when it was scheduled to change.
Brian Squyres
Northside ISD
According to Lori Miller at TEA, the MLC sheet was updated October 2011 with some minor changes. Here is the latest version: 2011 MLC
LARGE PRINT AND BRAILLE RETURN
On November 21, 2011 an option for shipping surplus Braille and large type instructional materials to the Special Textbook Redistribution Center (STRC), will be available. This option is located on every school district and charter school’s Start Page in the “EVI” section.
Instructions for shipping surplus Braille and large type instructional materials
to the STRC are below and can also be found on the following website page:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109.
The Special Textbook Redistribution Center (STRC) will accept surplus Braille and large type instructional materials through April 30, 2012
2011-12 Large Print and Braille Return Instructions
LINK TO TEA SITE
2011-12 MLC LIST
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT GUIDELINES
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CaTE COURSES
updated
May 2010
In July 2009, the State Board of Education
(SBOE) adopted newly revised Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for
career and technical education (CTE). The new TEKS reduce the number of courses
from 607 to 194, update technical and academic content, increase rigor and
relevance, imbed college and career readiness standards, and align with the
nationally recognized 16 career clusters. Districts must implement these new
courses with the 2010-2011 school year.
Since new instructional material for the CTE courses will not be available to districts for several years, the Texas Education Agency is allowing districts to request CTE materials that were adopted in 2003 under Proclamation 2001 that correspond to the new courses. Please use the attached list (updated May 2010) to determine whether currently-adopted materials are suitable for use with the new courses. This information will also be available at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/announcements.
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