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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 certifying the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials in the core and required subject areas for the 2026-2027 school year. The core and required subjects are mathematics, science, history/social science, reading/language arts, including the English Language Development (ELD) component, health, and world language (6-12).
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Recommendation
Action Proposed:
Adopt the Textbooks and Instructional Materials Certification Resolution (Attachment A), making the determination that each pupil in each school in the District has sufficient textbooks or instructional materials, or both, that are aligned to the content standards and are consistent with the content and cycles of the curriculum framework adopted by the State Board of Education in mathematics, science, history-social science and reading/language arts, including the English Language development component of the adopted program, as required by Education Code Section 60119.
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Background:
As required by Education Code Section 60119, the Board of Education must annually make a determination and certify, through a resolution after a public hearing, as to whether students in all District schools have sufficient textbooks or instructional materials in the core and required subject areas. The core and required subjects are mathematics, science, history/social science, reading/language arts, including the English Language Development (ELD) component, health, and world language (6-12).
The District has taken the following significant actions to ensure sufficient textbooks in the targeted core and required subjects:
• Expending $53.8 million in the school year 2025-2026 for Core and Required textbooks.
• Budgeting $77 million to purchase Core and Required textbooks for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years.
• Requiring all teachers to certify textbook sufficiency in their classrooms.
• Requiring all principals to certify textbook sufficiency in their schools.
• Requiring Region Superintendents to resolve identified insufficiencies in a timely manner.
• Requiring Region Superintendents to certify sufficiency in their respective Regions.
• Presenting policies and procedures to Region personnel.
• Establishing a database to track all appropriate textbook requests, certifications, and Los Angeles County of Education (LACOE) audit results.
• 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:
If approved, the Board of Education will conduct the required public hearing and certify that the Los Angeles Unified School District has complied with the instructional materials sufficiency requirements of Education Code Section 60119. Approval will satisfy the District's statutory certification requirement and affirm that students have access to sufficient textbooks and instructional materials in the core and required subject areas.
If the District is found to have insufficient textbooks or instructional materials in the core and required subject areas and is unable to remedy the insufficiency within three days of the Board Meeting, the County Superintendent may request that the California Department of Education (CDE) purchase the instructional materials necessary to meet the sufficiency requirements. Any funds expended by the CDE for this purpose would constitute a loan to the District and would be subject to repayment by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Additionally, the CDE would issue a public statement at the next State Board of Education meeting indicating that the Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent and Board of Education failed to provide students with sufficient instructional materials, resulting in public reporting of the District's noncompliance.
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:
The costs will be covered within Division of Instruction’s textbook program budget, which is funded by the General Fund and state lottery apportionment.
Student Impact:
Not Applicable.
Issues and Analysis:
Not Applicable.
Attachments:
Attachment A - Textbooks and Inst. Materials Certification Public Hearing - English
Attachment B - Textbooks and Inst. Materials Certification Public Hearing - Spanish
Submitted:
08/20/26