SECTION 720:10-1-2. Definitions


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  • "Adopted materials" Adopted materials refers to materials approved by the State Textbook Committee and purchased with state funds.
    "Ancillary material" Ancillary items considered for adoption shall be compatible with the textbook bid. This term refers to materials intended and designed to be used with a comprehensive program submitted by the same publisher. Examples of this type of material may include but are not limited to workbooks, quizzes, puzzles, test banks, transparencies, black line masters, etc.
    "Comprehensive material or comprehensive program" This term refers to teacher instructional material not intended to be used by students and shall include Priority Academic Student Skills( PASS) correlations. Additionally, this also includes one edition of the initial student instructional material such as a student text (electronic or print).
    "Core subject cycle" This term refers to the period of time for which contracts are entered into for subjects identified by the State Textbook Committee. The cycle begins when contracts go into effect for the items bid in a subject area, and the cycle ends when the contracts expire and new contracts are established for materials in the same subject area. The State Textbook Committee operates under a six-year adoption cycle for all subjects except Instructional Technology, which operates under a three-year adoption cycle.
    "Free materials" Materials in any medium which a publisher intends to make available without cost upon the purchase of textbooks bid and adopted.
    "Supplementary item or supplementary material" These terms refer to items intended and designated to guide the instruction of one or a few of the curriculum standards for the subject area for which the item has been submitted. Supplementary materials are designed to be used independently or cooperatively with bid items submitted in the same subject area by the same or different publisher. Examples of supplementary items may include but are not limited to maps, atlases, flash cards, classroom libraries, stories about significant people in the subject area, selected readings, literature guides, or small books teaching about one component of a subject area.
[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 3301, eff 6-27-95; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1834, eff 6-11-04]