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History-Social Science Adoption Timeline

Draft 2017 History-Social Science Instructional Resources Adoption Schedule of Significant Events.

This schedule has not yet been approved by the State Board of Education.

Event Date

SBE Adoption of Framework/Evaluation Criteria

May 2016

Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) approves timeline, reviewer application

May 20, 2016

State Board of Education (SBE) approves timeline, reviewer application (California Code of Regulations, Title 5 [5CCR], §9513)

July 13–14, 2016

Recruitment of reviewers (at least 90 days per 5CCR §9513)

July 19 – October 19, 2016

Small publisher fee waiver requests due (5CCR §9517.3)

November 16, 2016

IQC recommends reviewers to SBE

November 17–18, 2016

IQC approves training materials (5CCR §9512h)

November 17–18, 2016

SBE appoints reviewers

January 11–12, 2017

SBE approves training materials (5CCR §9512h) and small publisher fee waiver requests (5CCR §9517.3)

January 11–12, 2017

Invitation to Submit Meeting

January 18, 2017

Intent to Submit forms due from publishers (5CCR §9517.3)

February 1, 2017

Submission Date and deadline for payment of publisher fees to participate in the adoption (5CCR §9517.3)

March 8, 2017

Reviewer Training

April 24–28, 2017

Independent Review

April–July 2017

Reviewer Deliberations

July 24–28, 2017

IQC holds public meeting to receive comment (5CCR §9524a)

August 2017

IQC makes recommendation

September 2017

SBE holds public meeting to receive comment (Education Code §60203 and 5CCR §9524b)

November 2017

SBE takes action on recommendation

November 2017

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