KRS 156.435: Adoption of state-approved list -- Rejections -- Publication of list.

(1) The State Quality Curriculum Task Force shall select, recommend, and publish the

state-approved list of instructional materials or programs for reading and writing,

mathematics, science, and social studies in each grade or grade band, taking into

account the needs of the various types of students.

(2) The task force shall have the authority to reject any book which:

(a) Contains subversive material or information that is offered for listing or

adoption. If the task force finds on the state -approved list any book which

contains subversive material or information, the task force shall have

authority to remove the book from the state-approved list;

(b) Is in noncompliance with academic standards established in KRS 158.6453;

or

(c) Is not of high quality in terms of the content provided, the audience addressed,

the format used, the readability and accessibility of material or the ancillary

materials provided the teacher and students.

(3) The task force shall have the authority to solicit additions for the state -approved list

to be included in the instructional materials depository established in KRS 156.412.

(4) The chief state school officer shall prepare the state -approved list of instructional

materials or programs for reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social

studies and publish the list along with a consumer guide and distribute the selection

criteria and evaluation forms to the superintendents of each school district in

Kentucky on or before November 15 of each adoption year.