KRS 156.412: Instructional materials depository -- Establishment -- Duties -- Required

use by school districts and Department of Education.

(1) (a) The Kentucky Department of Education shall establish an instructional

materials depository for the schools of the Commonwealth.

(b) The department may enter into contracts to designate an entity to serve as the

department's agent to carry out the responsibilities of the depository under

KRS 156.395 to 156.476.

(c) To leverage the purchasing power of the Comm onwealth's schools, the

depository shall negotiate prices on behalf of the department and all school

districts.

(2) (a) In accordance with KRS Chapter 45A, school districts and the department

shall use the depository in purchasing the instructional materia ls included in

the state-approved list established by the State Quality Curriculum Task Force

under KRS 156.395 to 156.476.

(b) Superintendents of school districts shall use the instructional materials

depository to report the school district's selection o f instructional materials to

the department, unless the school district purchases approved alternate

instructional materials under KRS 156.439.

(3) The depository shall make available to school districts and the public the necessary

information for assessi ng the instructional materials included in the state -approved

list. The information shall include but not be limited to:

(a) Each of the instructional materials included in the state -approved list, capable

of being organized by grade or grade band and content area;

(b) Summary results of the instructional materials evaluations conducted by the

task force and any factual error identified in the instructional materials;

(c) A list of the accompanying manuals, workbooks, and other ancillary items for

instructional materials included in the state-approved list; and

(d) A list of the school districts within the state that have adopted each of the

instructional materials, including for each school district:

1. The statewide assessment results in the associated content area; and

2. Identification of any interim or formative assessment utilized by the

district pursuant to KRS 158.6453(8).