2017 History–Social Science Adoption Events

Adopted by the State Board of Education on July 14, 2016.

Event	Date
Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) approves timeline, reviewer application	May 19, 2016
State Board of Education (SBE) Adoption of Framework/Evaluation Criteria	July 13–14, 2016
SBE approves timeline, reviewer application (California Code of Regulations, Title 5 [5 CCR], §9513)	July 13–14, 2016
Recruitment of reviewers (at least 90 days per 5 CCR §9513)	July 19 – October 19, 2016
Small publisher fee waiver requests due (5 CCR §9517.3)	November 16, 2016
IQC recommends reviewers to SBE	November 17–18, 2016
IQC approves training materials (5 CCR §9512h)	November 17–18, 2016
SBE appoints reviewers	January 11–12, 2017
SBE approves training materials (5 CCR §9512h) and small publisher fee waiver requests (5 CCR §9517.3)	January 11–12, 2017
Invitation to Submit Meeting	January 18, 2017
Intent to Submit forms due from publishers (5 CCR §9517.3)	February 1, 2017
Submission Date and deadline for payment of publisher fees to participate in the adoption (5 CCR §9517.3)	March 8, 2017
Reviewer Training	April 24–28, 2017
Independent Review	April–July 2017
Reviewer Deliberations	July 24–28, 2017
IQC holds public meeting to receive comment (5 CCR §9524a)	August 2017
IQC makes recommendation	September 2017
SBE holds public meeting to receive comment (Education Code §60203 and 5 CCR §9524b)	November 2017
SBE takes action on recommendation	November 2017

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Last Reviewed: Monday, October 27, 2025