The textbook-adoption process includes these steps:

1. The principal meets with the Director of Curriculum and Instruction.
   • Review process.
   • Establish a timeline resulting in board action.
   • Select Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee.
2. Instructional Materials Evaluation Committee.
   • Director of Curriculum and Instruction.
   • Principal.
   • Teachers (minimum two).
   • Parent(s), additional staff, as deemed necessary (two to three).
3. Text-review process.
   • Committee reviews state-adopted list.
   • Committee screens adopted texts for quality and alignment to state standards and selects two to four texts for further review.
   • Publisher representatives for each selected text make presentations to the committee.
   • Publisher representative presents district with costs for piloting textbook (in writing).
   • Publisher representative presents district with costs for entire adoption, if selected (in writing).
   • Teachers pilot text for two semesters.(if possible)
   • Piloting teachers meet with other staff at least two times to discuss text and make recommendations.
   • Evaluation form is completed by each teacher piloting text.
   • Recommendation is made to Superintendent.
   • Community display of recommended text(s) (30 days).
   • Superintendent recommends approval of adoption to board of trustees.
   • Board of trustees meeting for first reading of adoption recommendations
   • Board of trustees’ approval of recommended texts (second reading). Each student, including English learners, has access to current, standards-based textbooks and other.

SHUSD is currently in the process of reviewing ELA/ELD textbook materials in the

2016-2017school year. Scheduled implementation of the adopted textbook will be in the 2017-2018 school year.