Title 5. EDUCATION
Division 1. California Department of Education
Chapter 9. Instructional Materials
Subchapter 1. Elementary Instructional Materials
Article 2.3. Instructional Materials Funding
§ 9531. Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program: Expenditure Policy Percentages and 24 Month Purchasing Requirement.
- As much of the allocation, as is necessary, from the Instructional
Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) annual appropriation
to local education agencies must be spent to purchase textbooks
or basic instructional materials adopted subsequent to the adoption
of content standards (Education Code Section 60605)
for each pupil, in reading/language arts, mathematics,
history-social science, and science.
- For kindergarten and grades one to eight this shall be textbooks or basic instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE) pursuant to Education Code Section 60200 inclusive.
- For grades nine to twelve, this shall be textbooks or instructional materials adopted by the local governing board pursuant to Education Code Section 60400.
- For purposes of the hearing requirement specified by Education Code Section 60119, textbooks or instructional materials used in kindergarten and grades one to eight shall be considered "consistent with the content and cycles of the curriculum framework adopted by the state board" if students are provided textbooks or instructional materials from the most recent SBE adoption by the beginning of the first school term that commences no later than 24 months after those materials are adopted by the SBE pursuant to Education Code Section 60422. The requirements of this subdivision apply to the determination of whether textbooks or instructional materials are current, and not to the determination of sufficiency under Education Code Section 60119(c). This definition of currency applies to textbooks or instructional materials that have been the subject of a state board adoption made on or after January 1, 2003.
- For purposes of subdivision (b) and Education Code Section 60422 (a), the reference to adoption of textbooks or basic instructional materials by the SBE shall refer to a primary adoption, which is the first adoption after the adoption of evaluation criteria by the SBE. A primary adoption is distinguished from a follow-up adoption, which is the second adoption of textbooks or basic instructional materials conducted by the SBE using the same evaluation criteria. Textbooks and basic instructional materials adopted in a follow-up adoption are added to the then-existing list of adopted textbooks and basic instructional materials for a subject area, and the period of adoption for those materials is the remaining time of the list for the primary adoption.
