156.405 State Quality Curriculum Task Force -- Duties -- Membership --
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Instructional materials reviewers. (Effective July 1, 2026)
(1)The State Quality Curriculum Task Force is hereby established to:
(a)Promote increased access to high quality instructional materials;
(b)Support school districts in the evaluation, selection, and use of high quality
instructional materials;
(c)Provide a state-approved list of current and high quality textbooks and
instructional materials to school districts that complement the educational
program in Kentucky schools;
(d)Provide a consumer guide to schools to aid with the selection of high quality
instructional materials; and
(e)Provide for public participation in the review process.
(a)The task force shall consist of a minimum of ten
(10)appointive members
who shall be appointed by the chief state school officer in accordance with
subsection
(6)of this section for terms of four
(4)years, with two
appointments each year, except that every fourth year there shall be four
appointments. A member shall not be eligible to serve more than two
(2)full
terms consecutively.
(b)All vacancies that occur on the task force shall be filled in like manner for the
remainder of the unexpired terms.
(c)The department and the task force shall receive assistance in the instructional
materials review process from professionals and lay citizens appointed to be
instructional materials reviewers under subsection
(4)of this section.
(3)For the subjects of reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies,
the task force shall:
(a)Select and direct the activities of the instructional materials reviewers, who
shall develop and recommend subject specific selection criteria and evaluation
forms to be used in a school district's selection of instructional materials and
programs;
(b)Develop general selection criteria and evaluation forms with the help of the
instructional materials reviewers and department staff to be used in a school
district's selection of instructional materials and programs;
(c)Approve the selection criteria and evaluation forms developed by instructional
materials reviewers under paragraph
(a)of this subsection;
(d)Review the instructional materials reviewers' evaluations, and consider
instructional materials or programs as it deems necessary, in order to select
from them a state-approved list of high quality instructional materials;
(e)Provide notice of and the opportunity for public inspection of the instructional
materials and programs that are included in the state-approved list and offered
for adoption and use in the public schools, which may be done through the
instructional materials depository;
(f)Select, recommend, and publish from the list provided by the instructional
materials depository under KRS 156.407 the state-approved list of high
quality instructional materials and programs; and
(g)Publish a consumer guide and distribute it to Kentucky public schools that
shall include the general selection criteria, subject-specific selection criteria,
and the evaluation forms for a school district's review and selection of
instructional materials and programs.
(4)The instructional materials reviewers shall be:
(a)Composed of a minimum of eight
(8)individuals who served on the advisory
panels or review committees as part of the standards review process
established in KRS 158.6453 for the area or areas being considered, two
(2)of
whom are parents who have a child currently enrolled in public schools in
Kentucky; and
(b)Approved by the task force based on the recommendation of the chief state
school officer.
(5)The instructional materials reviewers shall:
(a)Develop and submit to the task force subject specific selection criteria and
evaluation forms to be used by school districts in reviewing instructional
materials and programs; and
(b)Attend meetings and training sessions as requested by the task force and the
department.
(a)The chief state school officer shall appoint the following members of the task
force:
1. Eight
(8)members who have had not less than five
(5)years teaching or
supervising experience in the public schools of Kentucky and shall have
had at the time of their appointment at least four
(4)years of college
training in a recognized institution of higher education, of whom:
a. Two
(2)members who are classroom teachers or instructional
coaches actively employed in the public schools of Kentucky as
teachers or instructional coaches in subject field or fields for
which the task force will select instructional materials; and
b. Six
(6)members who are principals, instructional supervisors, or
superintendents of public schools or public school systems;
2. At least one
(1)member who is a member of the faculty of a public
institution of higher education engaged in teacher preparation; and
3. At least one
(1)member who is a lay citizen who has a child enrolled in
a public school at the time of appointment.
(b)In appointing the members of the task force, the chief state school officer shall
give due regard to representation from rural and urban areas and from
elementary, middle, and high school levels.
(7)Members of the task force and the instructional materials reviewers shall serve
without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and expenses
while attending meetings at the same per diem rate promulgated in administrative
regulation for state employees under KRS Chapter 45. The department shall provide
funds to school districts to cover the cost of substitute teachers for those teacher
members of the task force at the rate established for substitute teachers at each
school district.
(8)The meetings of the task force shall be open to the public, and notice of meetings
shall be given in accordance with KRS 61.805 to 61.850.
(9)Not later than May 1 each year, if funding is available, the chief state school officer
shall call the task force into session. The members of the task force shall elect one
(1)of its voting members as chair.
(10)At the direction of the chief state school officer, the task force may select,
recommend, and publish instructional materials in subjects beyond reading and
writing, mathematics, science, and social studies to be added to the state-approved
list. The review and selection process shall be in accordance with KRS 156.395 to
156.476.