156.445 Only state-approved instructional material or program to be used as core
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Approval of materials for private and parochial schools. (Effective July 1,
2026)
(1)Instructional materials or programs for reading and writing, mathematics, science,
and social studies shall not be used in any public school in Kentucky as a core
comprehensive resource unless they have been recommended and listed on the
state-approved list by the State Quality Curriculum Task Force, or unless a school
and district has met the notification requirements under subsection
(2)of this
section. Any changes of instructional materials made by the task force shall not
become effective until grades and classes of school districts have completed work
for which the adopted materials then in use were originally intended. This section
shall not apply to the supplementary materials that are needed from time to time.
(2)The superintendent of a school district shall submit a notification to the department
if the school district plans to adopt instructional materials or a program as a core
comprehensive resource for reading and writing, mathematics, science, or social
studies that is not on the state-approved list by submitting evidence that the
instructional materials or program it has chosen meets the selection criteria of the
task force in KRS 156.405(3)(a) or
(b)and the subject specific criteria of the
textbook reviewers pursuant to KRS 156.407(4) and complies with the required
specifications.
(3)In approving text materials for private and parochial schools for the purpose of
KRS 156.160(2) the text materials shall be approved if they are comprehensive and
appropriate to the grade level in question notwithstanding the fact that they may
contain elements of religious philosophy.