Designed to help with the EMAT System and the Textbook Adoption Process
2025-2027 Allotments Should Now Be Visible in EMAT.
Please refer to this site for EMAT tips, up-to-date trainings, and information regarding the Textbook Adoption Process.
Contact Callie Burris cburris@reg8.net to receive more information.
IMCAT is an invaluable resource! Upon attending Summer Institute or IMCAT Conference, you'll have numerous opportunities to hear wonderful presentations, network with other Instructional Materials Coordinators, and gather meaningful information that will have a huge impact on your district.
Click to access the TEA webpage for Procuring Instructional Materials.
Instructional Materials Funding Webinar
EMAT Resources:
Instructional Materials Current Adoption Bulletin - (ISBN's, Adoption Year, TEKS Coverage, etc.)
For a school system to qualify for the State-Developed OER Entitlement for additional instructional materials procurement funding, the school district’s Board of Trustees must adopt an OER Transition Plan (TEC, §31.0751, TEC, §67.1315). A transition plan is required when:
initially adopting SBOE-approved Bluebonnet Learning instructional materials for any grade level or subject/course; or
expanding implementation of SBOE-approved Bluebonnet Learning instructional materials to additional campuses and/or grade levels.
Transition plans are adopted by the local Board of Trustees before the start of the academic school year and locally maintained by local school systems. The adopted plan will not need to be submitted; however, plans could be requested for review by the commissioner. School systems will report the completion of the transition plan through EMAT.
Learn more about the OER Transition Plan for Bluebonnet Learning by:
Watching the OER Transition Plan for Bluebonnet Learning webinar (Youtube)
Looking through the OER Transition Plan for Bluebonnet Learning presentation and accompanying appendix (PDF)
Downloading the OER Transition Plan for Bluebonnet Learning Template (Word)
All resources can be found on the OER Transition Plan for Bluebonnet Learning ShareFile folder.
An exception is made for districts participating in the Strong Foundations Implementation for Bluebonnet Learning program. More information can be found on the Bluebonnet Learning page. More information about procurement can be found on the "Procuring Instructional Materials" webpage.
In accordance with the proposed Title 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §67.1004 (m), the commissioner may grant a waiver under TEC, §7.056, to exempt a district or open-enrollment charter school from an initial purchase of each component of an approved product outlined in subsection(k)(2) of this section if the district or open-enrollment charter school can demonstrate they already possess an identical or near-identical component for each student and/or teacher as indicated by the product design. The eligible components for exemption for Bluebonnet Learning include K–5 Math manipulative kits and K–5 RLA trade books.
This proposed rule is not yet in effect and the exemption approval process will occur in the future. However, a school system may request an exemption now and proceed with a purchase in accordance with the above-proposed rule.
To request an exemption, please submit a Component Exemption Request Form with documentation on school district letterhead with the superintendent’s signature certifying that the district or open-enrollment charter school already possesses the correct quantity of the identical or near-identical component.
The eligible components for exemption for Bluebonnet Learning include K–5 Math manipulative kits and K–5 RLA trade books.
K–5 Math
View the materials included in the K–5 Math Manipulative Kits (PDF)
K–5 RLA
View the list of K–5 RLA Trade Books (PDF)
Districts determine locally whether to recycle, sell, donate, or dispose of instructional materials that are no longer useful in the classroom. Districts are required to maintain an accurate inventory and must complete the TEX-012 Inventory Adjustment to report state-adopted materials that are lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or otherwise disposed of. TEA will remove the materials from the district EMAT inventory once the submission is received. The TEX-012 is available through the Lost/Damage/Destroyed link on your District Start Page in EMAT.
Districts are not required to report the loss or sale of non-adopted materials (including out-of-adoption materials) or adopted or non-adopted materials purchased through the disbursement process. Any funds received from the sale of instructional materials should be used for allowable technology and instructional material allotment purchases.
Please visit TEA's Accessible Instructional Materials Page.