Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Publishers and
manufacturers of instructional materials may submit sealed bids or proposals
for the adoption of instructional materials by the Department of Education in
response to the advertisement required by Section
1006.33(1),
F.S. The Policies and Procedures Specifications for the Florida Instructional
Materials Adoption (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16835)
is hereby incorporated by reference (effective August 2024) and will be
available on the Florida Department of Education's Office of Instructional
Materials website at
http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials.
(2) The following forms shall be submitted by
instructional materials publishers or manufacturers when proposing
instructional materials for adoption and are hereby incorporated by reference
in this rule. These forms may be found on the Florida Instructional Materials
Adoption Portal at https://www.flimadoption.org or by
contacting the Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 424,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399.
(c) Form
IM3, Bid Signature Sheet (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06875)
(Effective June 2016);
(e) Form
IM5a, Publisher Registration (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06873)
(Effective June 2016);
(f) Form
IM5b, Publisher Sales/Other Representatives (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06873)
(Effective June 2016);
(g) Form
IM6, Publisher Acknowledgement Form (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06876)
(Effective June 2016);
(h) Form
IM7, Standards Alignment Form (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10031)
(Effective November 2018);
(i) Form
IM8, Publisher Questionnaire (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12108)
(Effective August 2020);
(k) Form
IM12, UDL Questionnaire (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06880)
(Effective June 2016);
(m) Form
IM14, Standards Alignment Assurance (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06882)
(Effective June 2016).
(n) Form
IM18, No Common Core and Common Core Standards Assurance (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-11182)
(Effective October 2019).
(o) Form
IM19, Principles of Individual Freedom Assurance for Publishers (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14917)
(Effective November 2022).
(3) Instructional materials submitted by
publishers or manufacturers for adoption will be evaluated as follows:
(a) The student and teacher editions of the
major tool of instruction, along with any ancillary materials deemed
appropriate by the Department, will be evaluated for alignment to the
applicable state standards, course descriptions, and other requirements
outlined in the specifications. The Department will develop rubrics for each
adoption based on alignment to appropriate course descriptions, state
standards, and specifications.
(b)
Electronic samples of the student and teacher editions, along with any
ancillary materials deemed appropriate for sampling by the Department, will be
evaluated. The electronic samples must be in final form and must be made
available for review on a website or server developed, hosted, or contracted by
the publisher or manufacturer by the date established by the Department.
Hardcopy samples will not be accepted for evaluation.
(c) Publishers may provide a virtual
presentation to the state instructional materials reviewers on the merits of
the materials submitted for adoption. Publishers who choose to provide a
virtual presentation must prerecord the presentation for reviewers to access
during the evaluation process and must limit the presentation to no more than
fifteen (15) minutes in length. Publishers who choose to provide a virtual
presentation must make the presentation available for review on a website
developed, hosted, or contracted by the publisher or manufacturer by the date
established by the Department.
(d)
State and district instructional materials reviewers will evaluate materials
utilizing the Department's instructional materials database and online
evaluation system accessible through the main instructional materials website
http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials.
The Instructional Materials Reviewer Portal (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06883)
is hereby incorporated by reference and effective June 2016. The state
instructional materials reviewers shall be state or national experts in the
academic content area being reviewed for adoption. Prior to beginning the
review process, state instructional materials reviewers shall complete a
training provided by the Department of Education on how materials will be
evaluated for alignment to state academic standards, applicable Florida
Statutes and applicable State Board of Education rules. The state instructional
materials reviewers will hold one or more of the following credentials:
1. A baccalaureate degree or higher in the
field or a related field,
2.
Certification in the field or a related field,
3. Substantial experience in the field,
or
4. Recognition as an expert in
the field. Such recognition may include, but is not limited to, awards received
or publications related to the academic content area.
(e) If the state instructional materials
reviewer is a Florida teacher and has a student growth model score as outlined
in Section 1012.34(7)(a),
F.S., that contains data from the most recent school year, then the
classification of the score must be effective or highly effective as outlined
in subsection 6A-5.0411(5),
F.A.C.
(f) State instructional
materials reviewers must complete Form IM15, Affidavit of State Instructional
Materials Reviewers (Reviewer) (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06884)
which is available on the instructional materials website
http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials
and is hereby incorporated by reference (effective June 2016). The original
must be filed with the department before the reviewer completes the reviewer
training and is assigned materials to review.
(g) Form IM20, Principles of Individual
Freedom Assurance for Instructional Materials Reviewers (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14918)
(Effective November 2022).
(h) The
approved adopted list and the associated reviewer ratings from the standards
alignment portion of the state reviewer rubric will be published on the
instructional materials website
http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials.
(4) Technology Specification
Guidelines (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06885)
will be available to publishers and manufacturers on the instructional
materials website
http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials
and are hereby incorporated by reference (Effective June 2016).
(5) Publishers may request permission to
substitute editions of adopted materials.
(a)
A publisher requesting a substitution of materials must make the request in
writing by completing Form IM17, Substitution Policies and Procedures, (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-11181)
which is available by request to IMStaff@fldoe.org and is hereby incorporated
by reference (effective October 2019).
(b) Substitution of instructional materials
submitted by publishers or manufacturers on a completed Form IM17, entitled
Substitution Policies and Procedures, will be evaluated for approval based upon
the following criteria:
1. The instructional
materials are currently approved for adoption,
2. More than six (6) months have elapsed
since execution of the contract with the Department of Education,
3. The materials must be revised editions
that correct or update content,
4.
The revised edition can be used satisfactorily with the currently adopted
edition simultaneously in the same classroom,
5. The materials are identical, equal or
superior to the specifications of the currently adopted edition, and
6. The materials are available at no increase
in price.
Rulemaking Authority
1001.02(1),
1006.34(1) FS.
Law Implemented 1006.29,
1006.30,
1006.31,
1006.32,
1006.33,
1006.34,
1006.36,
1006.38
FS.
New 12-29-11, Amended 6-23-16, 11-28-18, 10-24-19, 8-18-20,
11-22-22.
