Instructional Materials Review and Approval Resources

Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)

Accessible formats of state-adopted or SBOE-approved instructional materials are provided to eligible students at no cost to local school systems. Procurement of these materials occurs through requisitions in EMAT, the state’s online textbook ordering system. State-provided AIM is the property of the state and must be returned after use unless the instructional materials are consumable. 

Additionally, all state-adopted and SBOE-approved instructional materials with electronic/digital components must comply with the Federal Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 standards, and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Publishers are required to certify 508 and WCAG compliance before the materials become available in EMAT.

More information can be found at Accessible Instructional Materials. 

Factual Errors

As a condition of state adoption by the SBOE (19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §66.28(h)(1)(C)) or approval by the SBOE (19 TAC §67.25(5)), publishers must ensure instructional materials are free from factual errors. In the year following the adoption or approval, TEA conducts a review to ensure all required errors are corrected.  Any uncorrected or newly discovered errors are reported to the SBOE, which may assess penalties for each uncorrected error. 

Additionally, Texas residents may report alleged factual errors in state-adopted Proclamation or SBOE-approved IMRA instructional materials. TEA cannot accept reports of errors in non-state-adopted or SBOE-approved instructional materials, such as college textbooks.

To report identified errors, please submit a Help Desk ticket.  

Local Adoption, Ordering, and Fulfillment 

Local authorities of local school systems set their policies for selecting instructional materials for their students. Local policies must include the requirement that materials be selected in an open meeting (19 TAC §66.104 and §67.63). Local school systems can place instructional materials orders through EMAT, the state’s online textbook ordering system.

Instructional materials and educational technology can be purchased with funds from a local school system's Instructional Materials and Technology Allotment (IMTA). IMTA funds can be used for instructional materials, technological equipment, related software, systems, services, and salaries for specific technical support employees, as outlined in TEC Chapter 31 and 19 TAC §66.1307. 

Local school systems receive an instructional materials allotment determined biennially by the TEA commissioner, based on legislative appropriation. Funds are available after September 1 of each odd-numbered year and are accessible through EMAT.

Learn more at Procure Instructional Materials in EMAT. 

Standards Alignment Breakout Documents

Student expectations (SEs) in the TEKS, Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines (TPG), and English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) are separated into their component parts to create breakouts. Breakout documents are intended for use by publishers to align instructional materials to state standards in a way that ensures every aspect of an SE is addressed.

Find breakout documents used for Proclamations and IMRA at Standards Alignment Breakout Documents.

Substitutions and Content Updates

Publishers who wish to substitute a new edition or make changes to previously SBOE-adopted Proclamation or SBOE-approved IMRA instructional materials must submit a written request to TEA.

More information can be found at Substitutions and Content Updates.