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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislat ure (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1370 By: West (Tammy)
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to school textbooks; amending 70 O.S.
41	41	2021, Section 16-102, which relates to textbook
42	42	selection; clarifying when a school district may
43	43	petition the State Board of Education; mandating
44	44	approval of Board only if unusual or extraordinary
45	45	circumstances exist; in cluding a rigorous review
46	46	process for district petitions; describing review
47	47	criteria; authorizing districts to request support
48	48	from the State Department of Education; and declaring
49	49	an emergency.
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 16 -102, is
58	58	amended to read as follows:
59	59	Section 16-102. A. The State Textbook Committee shall meet at
60	60	the call of the chair as often as necessary, with two (2) weeks '
61	61	public notice, to discharge its responsibilities. If nece ssary, not
62	62	later than the first day of December of each ye ar, the State
63	63	Textbook Committee shall meet to select textbooks for subjects
64	64	taught in the public schools of the state for grades prekindergarten
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91	91	through twelve, which selections shall be for not mor e than six (6)
92	92	years for every textbook.
93	93	B. The Committee may suspend any currently pending selection
94	94	process of textbooks and may extend by at least two (2) years the
95	95	six-year adoption period of those textbooks currently on the state
96	96	adopted list, for th e purpose of delaying for two (2) years the six -
97	97	year adoption cycle of subjects.
98	98	C. "Textbooks", as used in Sections 16 -101 through 16-124 of
99	99	this title, means instructional materials that are designed for use
100	100	by pupils as a learning resource. Instructio nal materials may be
101	101	printed or nonprinted and may include textbooks, technology-based
102	102	and other educational materials.
103	103	D. "List of textbooks" or "the list", as used in Sections 16 -
104	104	101 through 16-111 of this title, means the official textbook list
105	105	required by Section 6 of Article XIII of the Oklahoma Constitutio n.
106	106	The list shall include the textbooks and other instructional
107	107	materials selected by the State Textbook Committee for use in the
108	108	common schools of the state.
109	109	E. The State Department of Education, in coordination with the
110	110	State Textbook Committee, shall approve an application process to
111	111	assemble annually one or more review teams comprised of subject
112	112	matter experts for each subject area under review to assist the
113	113	Committee in reviewing textbooks and instructional materials. The
114	114	number of review teams shal l be contingent on the number of subject
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141	141	areas under review each year. Members of the review teams shall
142	142	have specific expertise in the subject areas being reviewed that
143	143	year. Review teams shall c onsist of no less than twelve members
144	144	each, but may be as large as is deemed necessary by the State
145	145	Textbook Committee and the State Department of Education. Subject
146	146	to the availability of funds within the State Department of
147	147	Education, members of the rev iew teams shall receive from the
148	148	Department necessary trav eling expenses while in the performance of
149	149	duties pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
150	150	F. The Committee shall select textbooks or series of textbooks
151	151	for each subject, which, to the grea test extent possible, are
152	152	aligned with the subject matter standards adopted by the State Board
153	153	of Education pursuant to Section 11 -103.6 of this title. The
154	154	Committee, in consultation with the State Department of Education,
155	155	shall adopt a rubric to be used by the review teams as a means of
156	156	evaluating textbooks sub mitted for review. The rubric shall contain
157	157	a three-tiered rating system in which the first tier shall be
158	158	labeled "Exemplifies Quality", the second tier shall be labeled
159	159	"Approaching Quality", and the third tier shall be labeled "Not
160	160	Representing Quality ". The rubric shall also include, but not be
161	161	limited to, criteria for alignment to subject matter standards such
162	162	that all standards are present and treated with the appropriate
163	163	depth to support stud ents in learning the skills and information
164	164	contained in the subject matter standards, as well as usability for
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191	191	teacher planning, learning, assessment and differentiated
192	192	instruction. The Committee, in consultation with the review teams,
193	193	may include additional criteria specific to the subject area being
194	194	reviewed. The rubric shall require each criterion to be scored
195	195	individually with justification, and shall provide an overall
196	196	recommendation for the rating.
197	197	G. Review teams shall review all materials in acc ordance with
198	198	the rubric adopted in subsection F of this se ction and shall submit
199	199	the review and recommended rating to the Committee. The Committee
200	200	shall consider but not be required to accept the recommended rating
201	201	of the review teams. The Committee may request that the review
202	202	teams supply additional informatio n to support their recommendations
203	203	or the Committee may provide its own justification utilizing the
204	204	adopted rubric.
205	205	H. The Committee, having verified that the review process has
206	206	been conducted in a scrupulous and fair manner, shall adopt a final
207	207	rating for each textbook prior to including it on the textbook list
208	208	required by Section 16 -110 of this title. The completed rubric for
209	209	each evaluated textbook, including the review team 's
210	210	recommendations, shall be made publicly available on the State
211	211	Textbook Committee website.
212	212	I. After a final textbook list is published, the State Textbook
213	213	Committee may determine that unusual or extraordinary circumstances
214	214	exist in a particular subject area during the peri od for which
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241	241	textbooks have been selected for that subject area. Unusual or
242	242	extraordinary circumstances shall include but not be limited to
243	243	significant new techniques of teaching in a particular subject area
244	244	or significant new findings or discoveries in a particular subject
245	245	area. Upon a determination by three -fourths (3/4) of the members of
246	246	the State Textbook Committee that unusual or extraordinary
247	247	circumstances exist in a particular subject area, the Committee may
248	248	select one or more textbooks in that sub ject area for the remainder
249	249	of the adoption period.
250	250	J. The State Department of Education shall house the website of
251	251	the State Textbook Committee on its agency website.
252	252	K. Five After a final textbook list is published, five or more
253	253	district boards of education may petition the State Board of
254	254	Education to add a book or series of textbooks to the approved list
255	255	selected by the State Textbook Committee. The Board shall only
256	256	approve a petition when it determines that unusual or extraordinary
257	257	circumstances exist. Petitions shall include a rigorous review
258	258	process completed by the petitioning districts in a manner
259	259	prescribed by the Board. At a minimum, the review shall include
260	260	alignment to subject matter standards such that all standards are
261	261	present and treated with the appropriate depth to support students
262	262	in learning the skills and information contained in the standards,
263	263	as well as usability for teacher planning, learning, assessment, and
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290	290	differentiated instruction. The petitioning districts may request
291	291	support from the State Department of Education in th eir review.
292	292	L. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
293	293	implement the method and time frame for handling the petitions in
294	294	the most expeditious manner.
295	295	SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
296	296	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
297	297	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
298	298	be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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