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Textbooks and Instructional Materials Certification Resolution – PUBLIC HEARING
Division of Instruction
Library & Textbook Support
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Brief Description:
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(Textbooks and Instructional Materials Certification Resolution) Recommends Adoption of the attached resolution (Attachment A) certifying the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials.
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Recommendation
Action Proposed:
Adopt the attached resolution certifying the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials in the core and required subject areas.
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Background:
Pursuant to Education Code Section 60119, the Board of Education is required to annually make a determination, through a resolution after a public hearing, whether all students in District schools have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, in the core and required subject areas. These areas include mathematics, science, history/social science, reading/language arts, including the English Language Development (ELD) component, health, and world language (6-12). Moreover, the public hearing must be scheduled at a time that will encourage the attendance of teachers and parents and guardians of pupils who attend District schools, and it shall not take place during or immediately following school hours.
The District has taken the following significant actions to ensure sufficient textbooks in the targeted core and required subjects:
• Allocated $87 million in FY 2025-26 for Core and Required textbooks.
• Required all teachers to certify textbook sufficiency in their classrooms.
• Required all principals to certify textbook sufficiency in their schools.
• Required Region Superintendents to resolve identified insufficiencies in a timely manner.
• Required Region Superintendents to certify sufficiency in their respective regions.
• Provided Region personnel with clear policies and procedures.
• Development of a centralized database to track all appropriate textbook requests, certifications, and Los Angeles County of Education (LACOE) audit results.
• Conducted follow-up on all insufficiencies identified as a result of norm day enrollment projections.
Expected Outcomes:
The Board will adopt the attached resolution declaring the District has sufficient textbooks, thus meeting compliance with Education Code Section 60119.
Board Options and Consequences:
The Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles is required to conduct a public hearing to certify compliance with Education Code Section 60119. If the District is found to have insufficient textbooks in the core and required subject areas and cannot remedy the insufficiency within three days of the Board of Education’s meeting, the county superintendent would request the California Department of Education (CDE) purchase the textbooks or instructional materials necessary to comply with the sufficiency requirement. The funds used to make this purchase of instructional materials would be considered a loan that LAUSD would need to repay to the CDE. The CDE would also issue a public statement at the next State Board of Education meeting indicating that the LAUSD Superintendent and Board of Education failed to provide students with sufficient instructional materials.
Policy Implications:
There is no change in District policy of targeting funding to purchase textbooks to ensure full compliance with Education Code Section 60119.
Budget Impact:
General Fund and Lottery apportionment from the State are the budgeting expenditures for textbooks, 4000 - object code. Of the $87 million allocated in FY 2025-26 for Core and Required textbooks, as of September 2, 2025, approximately $17.4 million has been expended.
Student Impact:
Not Applicable.
Issues and Analysis:
Not Applicable.
Attachments:
Attachment A – Resolution Certifying the Sufficiency of Textbooks and Instructional Materials – English
Attachment B – Resolution Certifying the Sufficiency of Textbooks and Instructional Materials – Spanish
Submitted:
09/03/25
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, APPROVED BY:
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ALBERTO M. CARVALHO KARLA V. ESTRADA
Superintendent Deputy Superintendent Instruction
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED & PRESENTED BY:
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DEVORA NAVERA REED FRANCES BAEZ, Ph.D.
General Counsel Chief Academic Officer
Division of Instruction
___ Approved as to form.
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED & PRESENTED BY:
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KURT JOHN KIMBERLY BALALA
Deputy Chief Financial Officer Administrative Coordinator
Library & Textbook Support
___ Approved as to budget impact statement.