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Lawmakers consider process, funding to identify and bulk-purchase high-quality instructional materials
Summary
House Bill 462 would require the Office of Public Instruction and the Board of Public Education to identify high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) during the standards-adoption process, and provides an appropriation intended to reduce districts' purchase costs and support professional development tied to curriculum implementation.
Representative David Beatty told the House Education Committee that House Bill 462 would embed identification of high-quality instructional materials into the state's negotiated rulemaking process so districts could access vetted curriculum options and associated professional development.
"Adopting high quality instructional materials is essential to advancing proficiency based learning and improving education outcomes in our state," sponsor Representative David Beatty said in his opening. The bill would define HQIM, ask the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) to evaluate and recommend materials to the Board of Public Education, and include a one-time appropriation intended to…
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