2016 Utah Code
Title 53A - State System of Public Education
Chapter 14 - State Instructional Materials Commission
Section 107 - Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools.

Effective 5/10/2016
53A-14-107. Instructional materials alignment with core standards for Utah public schools.

• (1) For a school year beginning with or after the 2012-13 school year, a school district may not purchase primary instructional materials unless the primary instructional materials provider:
  • (a) contracts with an independent party to evaluate and map the alignment of the primary instructional materials with the core standards for Utah public schools adopted under Section 53A-1-402;
  • (b) provides a detailed summary of the evaluation under Subsection (1)(a) on a public website at no charge, for use by teachers and the general public; and
  • (c) pays the costs related to the requirements of this Subsection (1).

• (2) The requirements under Subsection (1) may not be performed by:
  • (a) the State Board of Education;
  • (b) the superintendent of public instruction or employees of the State Board of Education;
  • (c) the State Instructional Materials Commission appointed pursuant to Section 53A-14-101;
  • (d) a local school board or a school district; or
  • (e) the instructional materials creator or publisher.

• (3) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the State Board of Education shall make rules that establish:
  • (a) the qualifications of the independent parties who may evaluate and map the alignment of the primary instructional materials in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (1)(a); and
  • (b) requirements for the detailed summary of the evaluation and its placement on a public website in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (1)(b).

Amended by Chapter 144, 2016 General Session