Legal and Social Compliance

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Although these instructional materials are not adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE), they are approved for legal and social compliance. After districts have certified that each pupil has been provided with adopted, standards-aligned basic instructional materials, the district may use any remaining state Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program/Instructional Materials Block Grant (IMFRP) funds to purchase supplementary materials that have either passed this state legal and social compliance review or a local review. Districts also receive restricted lottery funds that may be used to purchase any instructional materials, including materials from this list. For SBE-adopted materials, see Price Lists.

Instructional materials for California public schools must comply with Education Code sections 60040-60045 and 60048 as well as the SBE guidelines in Standards for Evaluating Instructional Materials for Social Content , 2000 Edition (PDF; 364KB; 20pp.).

These statutes and Board policies have been enacted so that instructional materials used in California:

• Portray accurately and equitably the cultural and racial diversity of American society;
• Demonstrate the contribution of minority groups and males and females to the development of California and the United States;
• Emphasize people in varied, positive, and contributing roles in order to influence students' school experiences constructively; and
• Do not contain inappropriate references to commercial brand names, products, and corporate or company logos.

Publisher's Submission Information

• Form to Submit Materials (DOC; 17KB; 1p.)
• Instructions for Completing Form CFIR-00C

Funding Information

• Funding for the Purchase of Instructional Materials and Library Materials
  Current year funding amounts for Kindergarten through grade twelve instructional materials and school library materials.
• Instructional Materials Fund (IMF) Expenditure Policy (Kindergarten through grade eight)
  Adopted by the State Board of Education.