| TASK |
COMPLETION DATE |
| Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (Curriculum Commission) approves review plan, evaluation criteria, Content Review Experts (CREs)/Instructional Materials Reviewers (IMRs) application |
November 28-30, 2007 |
State Board of Education (SBE) approves review plan, evaluation criteria, CRE/IMR application |
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January 9-10, 2008 |
| Recruitment of CREs/IMRs |
April–August 2008 |
| Curriculum Commission recommends CREs/IMRs to the SBE |
September 24-26, 2008 |
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November 5-6, 2008 |
| Two-and-a-half day meeting to train reviewers |
April 20-22, 2009 |
| California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) submits Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) curriculum for review |
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| Reviewers conduct independent review of the EEI curriculum |
May–July 2009 |
Deliberations event held (up to three days); reviewers prepare reports of findings for the Curriculum Commission |
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August 10-12, 2009 |
| Curriculum Commission makes recommendations on the EEI curriculum (public hearing) to the Secretary for Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the California Resources Agency |
September 2009 |
The Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the California Resources Agency submit the EEI curriculum to the SBE |
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November 2009 |
| SBE action on the EEI curriculum (public hearing) |
November 2009 or January 2010 |
| EEI curriculum prepared for publication by CalEPA |
Winter 2009-2010 |
| EEI curriculum released (California Department of Education (CDE)/CalEPA Web sites) |
Spring 2010 |