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Exhibit 1034

California Education Code section 60200, State adoption of basic instructional materials

Exhibit 1034 ยท Statute

California Education Code section 60200, State adoption of basic instructional materials

The state board shall adopt basic instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, for governing boards, subject to the following provisions

The State Board of Education adopts basic instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8 in language arts, mathematics, science, social science and other subjects it designates, and adopts at least five basic materials per subject; submissions may be made at most twice every eight years. Governing boards choose among adopted materials.

Source
State of California (Legislature)
Date
2025 version read 10 November 2026
Quoted from
Sec. 60200 (introductory clause)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC&sectionNum=60200
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov and cde.ca.gov block automated fetches; wording read at california.public.law. The governing-board-choice sentence and the history-social science adoptions were not read.

Cited by

Finding INF-3.7
Primary record McGraw Hill's Form 10-K filed 11 June 2026 states that its market is fairly concentrated and that its K-12 materials in California, Florida and Texas are subject to approval by state boards of education. Texas Education Code section 31.022 requires the State Board of Education to determine that instructional material is free from factual error before approving it, and California Education Code section 60200 has the State Board adopt at least five basic instructional materials per subject for kindergarten through grade 8.