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Manatee schools outline world-language instructional-materials adoption; public preview set for Dec. 10
Summary
District curriculum staff presented the instructional-materials adoption process for world languages, including committee recruitment, preview dates and a timeline that staff said would align with a state Department of Education adoption-list release now expected in December 2025. The board will be asked to approve the adoption plan Nov. 10.
District curriculum leaders described the instructional-materials adoption process for world languages during the Oct. 28 School Board meeting and invited community members to participate in the review committee and public preview events.
"Our instructional materials adoptions are driven by both Florida law and school board policy," said Tiffany Spradling, director of secondary curriculum, noting that the state runs a parallel review and maintains an adoption list the district uses to select materials. Erin Chapman, coordinator of instructional projects, walked the…
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