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WORN-OUT BOOKS 2010

Textbook coordinators are requested to enter into the Educational Materials (EMAT) system information on worn-out materials, including the number of copies needed for replacement. The deadline for school districts and charter schools to report worn-out textbooks in the EMAT is 5:00 p.m. on October 12, 2010. The Agency will prioritize subject areas for replacement of worn-out materials. Staff will then analyze the data submitted by districts statewide and, based on available funding, recommend subject areas for replacement. School districts will be notified by e-mail as to which titles will be replaced and EMAT will automatically generate orders for titles that are approved for replacement.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING WORN-OUT

GUIDELINES FOR DECLARING WORN OUT TEXTBOOKS
(December 19, 2008)

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.

PEIMS Service IDs for New Career and Technical Education Courses
Implemented in School Year 2010-11 Associated with Current Adoption
Multilist Codes (Updated May 2010)

2010-11 CTE FINAL pdf

2010-11 CTE FINAL doc

OUT OF ADOPTION

Districts may start sending out the out-of-adoption textbooks to charitable organizations. However, please make sure that you retain enough materials to meet your summer school requirements.

Thanks,

Chuck

Charles Mayo, Manager
Distribution and Accessibility
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas    78701
Phone: (512) 463-9601
Fax:      (512) 463-8728
E-mail: Charles.Mayo@tea.state.tx.us
Web:     http://www.tea.state.tx.us/imet/

Materials for Proclamation 2010 and Proclamation 2011 are now available for Preview

Checkout items are limited to availability. Educators, Administrators, Parents and the General Public from all Regions are invited to preview the materials. Region XI Textbook Preview Center at 3001 North Freeway, Ft. Worth 76106 is open Mon.- Thurs. 8-3 pm and Fridays from 8-noon. Other times can be arranged by appointment. Please contact Bonnie Barnes at bbarnes@esc11.net or 817-740-3613.

2010-2011 MLC CODES

PROCLAMATION 2010 CONFORMING LIST

PROC 2010 SUBJECT AREAS, MLCs, PEIMS, STATE MAX COSTS

UPDATED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
CHAPTER 66 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
amended to be effective February 22, 2010

TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE in pdf format

TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE in doc format

READOPTED MATERIALS BY TEA

Thanks for your question concerning readoptions.

We are not 100% certain what materials will be adopted over the next several years. The SBOE has approved an adoption cycle; but changes may be made as needed.

If the board does adopt Spelling, Handwriting, and Science, we would simply ask them to cancel the readoption contracts for those subject areas. We have done that before and if needed, we would cancel readoption contracts again.

Chuck Mayo

SURPLUS BOOK SHIPMENTS

Some districts have received surplus shipments that contain titles that are worn-out. NEVER SHIP BOOKS THAT ARE WORN-OUT! Districts that receive worn-out titles from other districts have been instructed to reject the worn-out titles and have the school district that shipped the materials pay for the return of these titles back to their district.

When shipping surplus materials to other school districts, contact UPS for shipments weighing under 150 pounds and Central Freight for shipments weighing over 150 pounds. Contact UPS at 800-742-5877, tell them you have a return service label and give them the tracking number(s). Contact Central Freight at 800-782-5036 and make sure you provide one or more copies of the Bill of Lading (BOL) to the driver. Please include a packing list in each box.

Procedures for Shipping Surplus pdf

DISPOSAL OF WORN OUT BOOKS
April 15, 2010
"If they have already been replaced, you may dispose of them in the usual way.
Thanks,"

Charles Mayo, Manager
Distribution and Accessibility
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701

Identifying Worn Out Textbooks pdf

Local Board of Trustees Certification Form

Click here for the Local Board of Trustees Certification form (LBOT) for school year 2010-11 due on or before April 1, 2010. The LBOT is different than in years past. Each district will certify more than just their district’s local selections. They will also certify that their district will requisition at a minimum a classroom set of State Board of Education (SBOE)-adopted textbooks in each subject and grade level for subjects adopted under Proclamation 2010. Districts will also certify that they will provide each student with instructional materials that cover all of the essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) adopted by the SBOE for that subject and grade level. Finally, districts will certify that if they purchase supplemental textbooks with textbook credits that the supplemental textbooks, in combination with other textbooks, will cover the TEKS identified by the SBOE for the subject and grade level for which the district or school is requisitioning the supplemental textbooks.

SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS WITH EMAT POP-UPS

TEA CORRESPONDENCE WEB PAGE

ADOPTION CYCLE

TEXTBOOK EVALUATION RUBRICS

RETAINING SURPLUS INSTRUCTIONS

EMAT INSTRUCTION VIDEO

2009-10 MLC SHEET

2009-10 PROGRAM LIST

2009-10 COMPONENTS LIST

REMINDERS REGARDING THE NEW EMAT SYSTEM

MATERIALS FROM WEBINAR TRAINING FOR NEW EMAT SYSTEM (REMAT)

TEA STATE and LOCAL ADOPTION of INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS overview

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS

IMET: MIDCYCLE 2010 PROCLAMATION

STAAR to Replace TAKS

Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced January 26 that the next generation of student tests will be called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR.

STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), which is the criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003. The STAAR name, pronounced the same as star, will be used for the 12 end-of-course assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007, and the new grade 3-8 assessments mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session.

The new tests will be used beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Students in the graduating class of 2015, who are currently in seventh grade, will be the first students who must meet the end-of-course testing requirements, as well as pass their classes, in order to earn a diploma. The new tests will be significantly more rigorous than previous tests, and will measure a child’s performance as well as academic growth. The grade 3-8 STAAR tests in reading and mathematics, by law, must be linked from grade to grade to performance expectations for the English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessments.

During a speech at the Texas Association of School Administrators’ Midwinter Conference in Austin, Scott also said the last TAKS-based school accountability ratings will be issued in 2011. Ratings will be suspended in 2012 while a new accountability system is developed and the new state rating system will debut in 2013

TEA ANNOUNCEMENT/SPLASH PAGE

Requesting an EMAT User ID

The person requesting EMAT/EVI access should visit the TEA website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/webappaccess/AppRef.htm, under EMAT/EVI, Request Access Online. (Under Select Application, apply for: EMAT and EVI-Order Materials)

After completing the information, the application goes online to the district Superintendent for approval, and then it will be forwarded to us.