1. (a) The duties of each member of an electronic instructional materials review panel are to:

   1. (1) evaluate all electronic instructional materials submitted for adoption in each subject assigned to the panel to determine if essential knowledge and skills are covered in the student version of the electronic instructional materials, as well as in the teacher version of the electronic instructional materials. Panel members will use commissioner of education-approved procedures for evaluating coverage of the essential knowledge and skills. The approved procedures include the following.

      1. (A) Electronic instructional materials review panel members must participate in online training to ensure clear and consistent guidelines for determining full Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) coverage within the electronic instructional materials.
      2. (B) Electronic instructional materials review panel members must participate in a team during the review and reach a consensus to determine if the TEKS have been covered sufficiently in the electronic instructional materials.
      3. (C) Electronic instructional materials shall be evaluated for TEKS coverage at each grade level, including the number of opportunities that TEKS are addressed for students to demonstrate knowledge;
   2. (2) submit to the commissioner a report indicating the percentage of required TEKS that each submission assigned to be evaluated by the electronic instructional materials review panel covers;
   3. (3) submit to the commissioner a list of any factual errors in electronic instructional materials assigned to be evaluated by the electronic instructional materials review panel; and
   4. (4) as appropriate to a subject area and/or grade level, ascertain that electronic instructional materials submitted for adoption do not contain content that clearly conflicts with the stated purpose of the Texas Education Code, §28.002(h).
2. (b) Electronic instructional materials review panel members shall not accept meals, entertainment, gifts, or gratuities in any form from publishers, authors, hardware or software providers, or depositories; agents for publishers, authors, hardware or software providers, or depositories; any person who holds any official position with publishers, authors, hardware or software providers, depositories, or agents; or any person or organization interested in influencing the selection of electronic instructional materials.
3. (c) A member of an electronic instructional materials review panel shall have no contact with other members of the panel except during official meetings. Electronic instructional materials review panel members shall not discuss electronic instructional materials being evaluated with any party having a direct or indirect interest in adoption of electronic instructional materials.

Source Note:The provisions of this §66.1019 adopted to be effective November 21, 2010, 35 TexReg 10220; amended to be effective July 23, 2012, 37 TexReg 5413.