Florida

Title XLVIII. K-20 Education Code
Chapter 1006. Support for Learning
Part I. Public K-12 Education Support for Learning and Student Services
F. Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education

Section 1006.31. Duties of each state instructional materials committee

The duties of each state instructional materials committee are: . . .

(4) Evaluation of instructional materials.--To evaluate carefully all instructional materials submitted, to ascertain which instructional materials, if any, submitted for consideration best implement the selection criteria developed by the commissioner and those curricular objectives included within applicable performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1). . . .

(d) When recommending instructional materials for use in the schools, each committee shall require, when appropriate to the comprehension of students, that materials for social science, history, or civics classes contain the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. No instructional materials shall be recommended by any committee for use in the schools which contain any matter reflecting unfairly upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, or occupation.

[This statute was located on March 25, 2005 and may have been modified or amended since that date.]