The state board shall adopt basic instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for governing boards, subject to the following provisions: (a) The state board shall adopt at least five basic instructional materials for all applicable grade levels in each of the following subject areas: (1) Language arts, including, but not limited to, spelling, reading, and English language development. (2) Mathematics. (3) Science. (4) Social science. (5) Bilingual or bicultural subjects. (6) Any other subject, discipline, or interdisciplinary areas for which the state board determines the adoption of instructional materials to be necessary or desirable. (b) (1) The state board shall adopt procedures for the submission of basic instructional materials in order to comply with each of the following: (A) Instructional materials may be submitted for adoption in any of the subject areas pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) at least once but not more than twice every eight years. The state board shall ensure that curriculum frameworks are reviewed and adopted in each subject area and that the criteria for evaluating instructional materials developed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 60204 are consistent with subdivision (c). The state board may prescribe reasonable conditions to restrict the resubmission of materials that have been previously rejected if those resubmitted materials have no substantive changes. (B) If a publisher or manufacturer submits revisions to currently adopted instructional material for review after the timeframe specified by the state board, the department shall assess a fee on the submitting publisher or manufacturer in an amount that shall not exceed the reasonable costs to the department to conduct a review of the instructional material pursuant to this section. (C) Submitted instructional materials shall be adopted or rejected within six months of the submission date of the materials pursuant to paragraph (1) unless the state board determines that a longer period of time, not to exceed an additional three months, is necessary due to the estimated volume or complexity of the materials for that subject in that year, or due to other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the state board. (D) The process for review of instructional materials shall involve review committees, which shall include, but not be limited to, volunteer content experts and instructional material reviewers, and shall be composed of a majority of classroom teachers from a wide variety of affected grade levels and subject areas. (E) The rules and procedures for adoption of instructional materials shall be transparent and consistently applicable regardless of the format of the instructional materials, which may include, but not be limited to, print, digital, and open-source instructional materials. (2) The implementation of this subdivision shall be contingent upon an appropriation for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute. This paragraph is declaratory of existing law. (c) In reviewing and adopting or recommending for adoption submitted basic instructional materials, the state board shall use the following criteria, and ensure that, in its judgment, the submitted basic instructional materials meet all of the following criteria: (1) Are consistent with the criteria and the standards of quality prescribed in the state boardâs adopted curriculum framework. In making this determination, the state board shall consider both the framework and the submitted instructional materials as a whole. (2) Comply with the requirements of Sections 60040, 60041, 60042, 60043, 60044, 60048, 60200.5, and 60200.6, and the state boardâs guidelines for social content. (3) Are factually accurate and incorporate principles of instruction reflective of current and confirmed research. (4) Are aligned to the content standards adopted by the state board in the subject area and the grade l
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