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According to Lori Miller at TEA, the MLC sheet was updated October 2011 with some minor changes. Here is the latest version: 2011 MLC
LARGE PRINT AND BRAILLE RETURN
On November 21, 2011 an option for shipping surplus Braille and large type instructional materials to the Special Textbook Redistribution Center (STRC), will be available. This option is located on every school district and charter school’s Start Page in the “EVI” section.
Instructions for shipping surplus Braille and large type instructional materials
to the STRC are below and can also be found on the following website page:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147487109.
2011-12 Large Print and Braille Return Instructions
EMAT BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT -
NOVEMBER 2011
POWERPOINT
EMAT TRAINING
POWERPOINT - ALL THREE DAYS
Monday - Page 1
Tuesday - Page 105
Wednesday - Page 155
LINK TO TEA SITE
2011-12 MLC LIST
PEIMS FOR NEW ADOPTIONS
ALLOTMENT GUIDELINES
MATERIALS EXPIRED
MATERIALS RE-ADOPTED
and More!
LETTER FROM ANITA GIVENS: ORDERING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2011-12
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT GUIDELINES
TRAINING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL PERSONNEL
Instructional Materials Allotment Training -
See below for links to video & PowerPoint
7/18/2011, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Targeted Audience – District Administrators
EMAT will open for ordering on August 8, 2011 using the new allotment system required by the recent passage of SB6. Please plan to attend the Textbook Coordinator EMAT Allotment training via TETN.
EMAT Training - Requisitions
8/01/2011, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Target Audience: Textbook Coordinators
EMAT Training - Disbursements
8/02/2011, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Target Audience: Textbook Coordinators
EMAT
Training - Overview of Requisitions and Disbursements
8/03/2011,
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Target Audience: Textbook Coordinators
Please contact your TETN Site Coordinator or Regional Education Service Center for more details.
JULY 18 SENATE BILL 6 TRAINING BY JOHN LOPEZ
SENATE BILL 6 TRAINING VIDEO
Click here to access the recording.
Click on blue link for information plus recording. Click on the red link
for recording only.
(training session starts 9:30 into the presentation - after roll call)
SENATE BILL 6 TRAINING POWERPOINT
TEA confirms textbooks will be delayed
© 2011 Texas Association of School Administrators
Changes to the Texas Education Agency's online ordering system
and a delay in state funding for textbooks will mean many new books won't arrive
to districts by the start of the school year.
TEA doesn't expect books by the first week of school, which begins Aug. 24. The likely arrival date according to the agency is sometime in September.
The new ordering system is a result of the creation of the instructional materials allotment, which was part of Senate Bill 6 and passed during the special session. Previously, districts have ordered books from the state and the state paid the bill. Now each district will be provided with an instructional materials allotment they can use to buy books and other instructional materials.
Current orders for books and replacements should not be affected. Any later requests, however, are likely to be delayed. The state is holding off on submitting new orders until after Aug. 1.
TEXAS STATE CODES with REFERENCE TO TEXTBOOKS
Texas
Chapter 31 TEXTBOOKS in pdf format
Chapter 32 COMPUTERS AND MATERIALS in pdf format
Texas Administrative Code
Chapter 66 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
CaTE COURSES
updated
May 2010
In July 2009, the State Board of Education
(SBOE) adopted newly revised Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for
career and technical education (CTE). The new TEKS reduce the number of courses
from 607 to 194, update technical and academic content, increase rigor and
relevance, imbed college and career readiness standards, and align with the
nationally recognized 16 career clusters. Districts must implement these new
courses with the 2010-2011 school year.
Since new instructional material for the CTE courses will not be available to districts for several years, the Texas Education Agency is allowing districts to request CTE materials that were adopted in 2003 under Proclamation 2001 that correspond to the new courses. Please use the attached list (updated May 2010) to determine whether currently-adopted materials are suitable for use with the new courses. This information will also be available at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/announcements.
OUT OF ADOPTION
Districts
may start sending out the out-of-adoption textbooks to charitable organizations.
However, please make sure that you retain enough materials to meet your summer
school requirements.
Chuck
Distribution
and Accessibility
Instructional
Materials and Educational Technology
Texas
Education Agency
1701
North Congress Avenue
Austin,
Texas 78701
Phone:
(512) 463-9601
Fax:
(512) 463-8728
E-mail:
Charles.Mayo@tea.state.tx.us
Web:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/imet/
PROCLAMATION 2010 CONFORMING LIST
PROC 2010 SUBJECT AREAS, MLC's, PEIMS, STATE MAX COSTS
Thanks for your question concerning readoptions.
We are not 100% certain what materials will be adopted over the next several years. The SBOE has approved an adoption cycle; but changes may be made as needed.
If the board does adopt Spelling, Handwriting, and Science, we would simply ask them to cancel the readoption contracts for those subject areas. We have done that before and if needed, we would cancel readoption contracts again.
Chuck Mayo
SURPLUS BOOK SHIPMENTS
Some districts have received surplus shipments that contain titles that are worn-out. NEVER SHIP BOOKS THAT ARE WORN-OUT! Districts that receive worn-out titles from other districts have been instructed to reject the worn-out titles and have the school district that shipped the materials pay for the return of these titles back to their district.
When shipping surplus materials to other school districts, contact UPS for shipments weighing under 150 pounds and Central Freight for shipments weighing over 150 pounds. Contact UPS at 800-742-5877, tell them you have a return service label and give them the tracking number(s). Contact Central Freight at 800-782-5036 and make sure you provide one or more copies of the Bill of Lading (BOL) to the driver. Please include a packing list in each box.
DISPOSAL OF
WORN OUT BOOKS
April
15, 2010
"If they have already been replaced, you may dispose of them in the
usual way.
Thanks,"
Charles
Mayo, Manager
Distribution
and Accessibility
Instructional
Materials and Educational Technology
Texas
Education Agency
1701
North Congress Avenue
Austin,
Texas 78701
Identifying Worn Out Textbooks pdf
Local Board of Trustees Certification Form
Click here for the Local Board of Trustees Certification form (LBOT) for school year 2010-11 due on or before April 1, 2010. The LBOT is different than in years past. Each district will certify more than just their district’s local selections. They will also certify that their district will requisition at a minimum a classroom set of State Board of Education (SBOE)-adopted textbooks in each subject and grade level for subjects adopted under Proclamation 2010. Districts will also certify that they will provide each student with instructional materials that cover all of the essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) adopted by the SBOE for that subject and grade level. Finally, districts will certify that if they purchase supplemental textbooks with textbook credits that the supplemental textbooks, in combination with other textbooks, will cover the TEKS identified by the SBOE for the subject and grade level for which the district or school is requisitioning the supplemental textbooks.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS WITH EMAT POP-UPS
RETAINING SURPLUS INSTRUCTIONS
FROM APRIL 2010 WEBINAR:
*AGENDA
*ANNUAL EMAT INSTRUCTIONS
*TCAT DEVELOPED CHECK LIST
REMINDERS REGARDING THE NEW EMAT SYSTEM
MATERIALS FROM WEBINAR TRAINING FOR NEW EMAT SYSTEM (REMAT)
TEA STATE and LOCAL ADOPTION of INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS overview
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
IMET: MIDCYCLE 2010 PROCLAMATION
STAAR to Replace TAKS
Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced January 26 that the next generation of student tests will be called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR.
STAAR
will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), which is the
criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003. The
STAAR name, pronounced the same as star, will be used for the 12 end-of-course
assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007, and the new grade 3-8 assessments
mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session.
The new tests will be used beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Students in the graduating class of 2015, who are currently in seventh grade, will be the first students who must meet the end-of-course testing requirements, as well as pass their classes, in order to earn a diploma. The new tests will be significantly more rigorous than previous tests, and will measure a child’s performance as well as academic growth. The grade 3-8 STAAR tests in reading and mathematics, by law, must be linked from grade to grade to performance expectations for the English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessments.
During a speech at the Texas Association of School Administrators’ Midwinter Conference in Austin, Scott also said the last TAKS-based school accountability ratings will be issued in 2011. Ratings will be suspended in 2012 while a new accountability system is developed and the new state rating system will debut in 2013
Requesting an EMAT User ID
The person requesting
EMAT/EVI access should visit the TEA website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/webappaccess/AppRef.htm,
under EMAT/EVI, Request Access Online. (Under Select Application, apply
for: EMAT and EVI-Order Materials)
After completing the
information, the application goes online to the district Superintendent for
approval, and then it will be forwarded to us.
Texas Education Agency
Textbook Administration
1701 N. Congress
Austin, TX 78701-1494
Fax: (512) 475-3612
Texas Education Service Center Regions MAP
MANUALS FOR LEGACY EMAT SYSTEM
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Textbook Coordinator Reference for Textbooks & Materials |
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