Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Materials

Curriculum frameworks provide guidance for implementing the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE). Frameworks are developed by the Instructional Quality Commission, which also reviews and recommends textbooks and other instructional materials to be adopted by the SBE.

Schools in California, other states and abroad may review and use the California State Board of Education-adopted Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks in developing their own curricula. However, no such school shall use the California Department of Education's (CDE) or California SBE’s respective names or logos on any resulting curriculum materials or imply that any such materials are approved or endorsed by CDE or the SBE. Furthermore, the Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks are protected by copyright, and the above authorization for others to review and consider these materials does not permit publishing, distributing, or making any other use of any part of the materials, unless separately authorized. Please see CDE’s copyright statement.

Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Materials Highlights

• Curriculum Coordinators Directory (XLSX)
  Contains a list of curriculum coordinators at all county offices, district offices, and charter school districts. Email cfird@cde.ca.gov with questions or to update your agency’s information.
• CA Curriculum & Instruction News and Events Listserv
  Join the California Curriculum and Instruction News and Events Listserv to receive information about curriculum, frameworks, standards, and instructional resources, as well as opportunities to participate.
• Standards, Curriculum Frameworks, and Instructional Materials Adoptions (DOCX)
  A chart of the latest content standards, curriculum frameworks, and instructional materials adoptions.
• Cursive Instruction
  Information to support local educational agencies with existing instructional outcomes for cursive in the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts/Literacy.

Standards and Curricular Guidance

• All Content Standards, K–12
• All Curriculum Frameworks
  
• Curriculum Framework Development and Approval Process (DOC)
• Curriculum Framework Adoption Process - CalEdFacts
• Digital Learning Integration and Standards Guidance (DLISG)
  Guidance to support schools to effectively implement technology to support learning and to address critical areas of instructional focus.
• Inclusive Access to a Diploma: Reimagining Proficiency for Students with Disabilities Initiative Guidance Documents and Resources
  This initiative, led by the Special Education Division in consultation with the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division and the Career and College Transition Division, aims to support local educational agencies in expanding inclusive instructional practices that allow students with disabilities multiple ways to demonstrate their proficiency in coursework required to earn a standard California high school diploma.
• Model Curriculum Projects
• Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF)
  These resources produced by the Early Education Division, in consultation with the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division, include the updated Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations publications (PTKLF). The PTKLF describe key competencies children aged three to five and half develop in nine domains of learning: (1) Approaches to Learning, (2) Social and Emotional Development, (3) Language and Literacy (including Foundational Language Development and English Language Development), (4) Mathematics, (5) Science, (6) Physical Development, (7) Health, (8) History–Social Science, and (9) Visual and Performing Arts.
• Preschool through Third Grade (P-3) Progressions
  These resources produced by the Early Education Division, in consultation with the Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division, show the knowledge and skills children develop over the preschool through grade three continuum through correspondence between select Preschool-Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations and California Common Core State Standards.

Curricular Initiatives

• Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant—AB 185, Sec. 56
  Guidance to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) regarding Section 56 of Assembly Bill 185 (AB 185): The Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant.
• Arts and Music in Schools Program
  The Arts and Music in Schools (AMS) initiative provides additional funding for arts education in California public schools.
• California Indian Education Act
  Information for local educational agencies who have created California Indian Education task forces.
• Curricular Guidance Study Grant Funding Results
  Assembly Bill (AB) 121, Statutes of 2025, Chapter 8, Section 87 appropriates the sum of $1 million from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to a county office of education to contract, with approval of the executive director of the State Board of Education, with one or more research or nonprofit organizations to study the processes by which other states develop curriculum guidance and to make recommendations about how to improve and streamline California’s processes.
  
• English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) Instructional Materials Adoption Guidance Funding Results
  Guidance to support the adoption and subsequent implementation of English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELA/ELD) instructional materials.
  
• Holocaust and Genocide Education Grant Funding Results
  SB 141 Section 31 appropriates the sum of $1,500,000 for the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education to continue its work developing and providing curriculum resources and professional development related to genocide and Holocaust education.
• Holocaust and Genocide in Education Grant 2024–29 Funding Results
  SB 108, Section 215 appropriates the sum of $5 million to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the Marin County Office of Education to contract with the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education to continue its work to do both of the following: (1) develop and provide curriculum resources related to genocide and Holocaust education; and (2) provide professional development, including educator trainings, on genocide and Holocaust education.
• Hybrid and Remote Learning Grant Funding Results
  Senate Bill 153, Chapter 38, Statutes of 2024, Section 112, appropriates $4 million to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to a county office of education in consultation with the executive director of the SBE and the CDE, to research high-quality, data-supported models of hybrid and remote learning at public schools across the state and provide guidance, support, and resources to local educational agencies to build their own hybrid and remote learning programs to support innovative learning opportunities and instructional continuity.
• Performance Tasks Embedded in Learning Grant Funding Results
  Senate Bill 153, Statutes of 2023, Chapter 38, Section 113 appropriates $7 million from the General Fund to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the Los Angeles County Office of Education to develop a statewide repository of high-quality curriculum-embedded performance tasks across all grade levels mapped to the California Next Generation Science Standards for use by local educational agencies and educators to support inquiry-based instruction and assessment.
• Reading Difficulty Screening Tool Expansion (RDSTE) Grant Results
  Assembly Bill (AB) 121, Statutes of 2025, Chapter 8, Section 92 appropriates $10 million from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the Sacramento County Office of Education to contract with the University of California, San Francisco Dyslexia Center (UCSF-DC) to continue to expand the capacity of the reading difficulties screening tool for California’s diverse pupil population and to support its use. The UCSF-DC may also utilize funds to scale the technical infrastructure supporting its reading difficulties screening tool for expanded use across the state.
• School Libraries
  Find information to help improve school libraries in California.

Instructional Materials

Guidance

• California–Adopted Instructional Materials Programs
  Instructional materials programs adopted by the California State Board of Education by subject matter.
• Funding for Instructional Materials
• Guidance on Removal of Instruction or Instructional Materials
• Instructional Materials Adoptions General Information
• Instructional Materials Evaluation and Adoption Process - CalEdFacts
  Learn about the adoption process, schedule, piloting, and other information.
• Instructional Materials Frequently Asked Questions
  Find answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding instructional materials, funding, sufficiency and the Williams settlement.
• Instructional Materials Survey Forms
  The gathered information is used to assist in evaluating the sufficiency of instructional materials.
• Liability for Lost or Damaged Instructional Materials
  See information from the California Education Code regarding damage to student-issued instructional materials.
• Free List Procedures and Marketing Practices:
  • Clarification of the Requirements for Free Instructional Materials Offerings: Letter to School Districts
  • Clarification of the Requirements for Free Instructional Materials Offerings: Letter to Publishers
  • Letter to Publishers
  • Free Instructional Materials Template for Publishers (DOC)
    
• Listing of Learning Resource Display Centers (LRDC's)
• Price List Search and Adopted Materials Publisher Information
• Senate Bill 48 FAQ
  Find answers to the most frequently asked questions related to the implementation of Senate Bill 48 (Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2011).
• Social Content Review
  Search for instructional materials that comply with SBE guidelines for Social Content.
• The Right to an Accurate and Inclusive Curriculum, and Managing Conversations About Race and Gender (Assembly Bill 1078)
  Information about California laws and policies that safeguard the right to an accurate and inclusive curriculum.
  

Accessibility

• Braille-N-Teach List Service Member Registration for students with visual disabilities
• Clearinghouse for Specialized Media & Technology
  Information and resources that support access to the general curriculum by students with disabilities.
• Instructional Material Ordering and Distribution System (IMODS)
  Access the online ordering systems for Braille, Large Print, Audiobooks, American Sign Language (ASL) Videobooks, and American Printing House (APH) products.
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