Citrus County presenter outlines recommended K–12 instructional materials; board to consider final adoption
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A curriculum committee representative told the Citrus County School Board it vetted K–12 ELA, intervention and high-school personal-finance materials under Florida Statute 1006.28 and will present the recommendations for approval at the next meeting.
A curriculum committee representative presented a slate of recommended instructional materials to the Citrus County School Board during a 5:00 p.m. public hearing on policy and curriculum updates.
The presenter said committees of teachers, parents and community members reviewed materials for K–12 English language arts, K–3 ELA interventions, K–4 math interventions and grades 9–12 personal finance, and followed Florida Statute 1006.28 in their process. “In adherence to Florida Statute 1006.28, which guides the process of adopting instructional materials, I’m pleased to report that we formed committees composed of teachers, parents, and community members to vet the various instructional materials,” the presenter said.
The committee’s top recommendations included Florida Benchmark Advance (2026) for K–5 ELA with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as a backup; Wilson Language Training Corporation’s Functional Reading for K–2 functional reading; HMH Read 180 Basic Skills (2024) for grades 3–5; Lexia Core5 and the SPIRE program for K–3 interventions; Curriculum Associates’ Ready Florida Best Mathematics for K–4 math interventions; Perfection Learning’s Florida Connections Reading and HMH Read 180 as intensive-reading choices for middle and high school; McGraw Hill titles as primary choices for several high-school English courses; and National Geographic Learning Cengage’s Managing Your Personal Finances as the first-choice personal-finance text for grades 9–12.
The presenter said the recommendations provide the district “with additional flexibility and prediction protection should issues arise later,” referring to recent disputes in other Florida counties over instructional materials. The presenter asked the board to accept the recommendations for formal approval at the board’s next meeting.
No members of the public offered comment during the hearing on the curriculum recommendations; an attorney present clarified the administrative timeline, and the presenter confirmed the formal adoption vote will occur at the next scheduled board meeting.
Next steps: the board will take up formal approval of the recommended materials at its next meeting, at which time public comment will again be received.