KRS 156.410: Standards and criteria for evaluation of instructional materials and

programs -- Submissions by publishers and developers.

(1) The chief state school officer shall prepare minimum manufacturing standards,

delineate content specifications in accordance with the academic standards

established in KRS 158.6453 for Kentucky schools in grades kindergarten through

twelve (12), and formulate other criteria for use in the evaluation of instructional

materials to guide the instructional resources depo sitory established in KRS

156.412, which shall require that all materials be suitable for use with a diverse

population and be free of social, ethnic, racial, religious, age, gender, and

geographic bias.

(2) The Kentucky Board of Education, upon the recomm endation of the chief state

school officer, shall have authority to promulgate administrative regulations in

accordance with KRS Chapter 13A:

(a) Pertaining to the evaluation, selection, and use of high quality instructional

materials and programs on the state and local levels; and

(b) Relating to the agents and representatives of instructional materials and

programs and the methods and procedures for use in adoptions on the state

and local levels.

(3) The instructional materials depository shall properly a dvertise the subjects for

which instructional materials adoptions will be made and notify the different

publishers and developers of instructional materials. The publishers or developers

shall file with the depository samples of instructional materials, fi ling fees, bids and

bonds, and other specified information relative to the instructional materials that

they desire to offer for adoption.

(4) The instructional materials depository shall:

(a) Review the bid information submitted by the publishers and developers;

(b) Verify that the bid complies with the specifications; and

(c) Prepare a list of instructional materials and programs, for consideration by the

task force, indicating those in compliance with the standards and

specifications and those not in compliance, detailing areas of noncompliance.