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Granite board study session reviews curriculum-adoption rules, timeline and supplemental materials guidance
Summary
District staff outlined what Utah law and state board rule require for instructional materials, the district’s formal adoption process, the role of supplemental materials and a multi-year adoption timeline. Board members asked about vetting, parental review and neutrality in classrooms.
Dr. Noelle Converse, director of curriculum and instruction for Granite School District, told the board at a study session that state law and Utah State Board of Education (USBE) rule treat instructional materials as curriculum and set the standards for how districts must select and procure materials.
Converse said instructional materials are “resources to support student learning, including textbooks, digital materials, videos and online applications,” and emphasized they are “there to support the course standards, not to teach to the book.” She described the district’s two-tier approach: districtwide formal adoptions that require a two‑meeting public review process, and supplemental materials teachers may select locally but must still vet for age-appropriateness and compliance with law.
The presentation summarized key legal and administrative anchors: Utah code and USBE rule require local board policy for selection and procurement of instructional…
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