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The pulse of Instructional Materials in Texas • 2Q 2015
Join IMCAT at its Annual Summer Institute Summertime and the livin’ is easy…if you’re not a Texas instructional materials professional. Summertime can be a challenge if you’re involved in instructional materials in Texas schools, but IMCAT can make the livin’ easier with its annual Summer Institute. Summer Institute’s curriculum – Instructional Materials 101 – features all the information you need to get ready for your school year. It’s great for instructional materials professionals who are new to the process or for veterans who want a summer refresher. The Summer Institute is offered at ten different locations on different dates so you’ll be able to pick the date and location that fits best with your summer schedule. The cost is only $65 for IMCAT members (those who attended the 2014 Annual Conference or who have paid their membership dues since). Registration includes morning refreshments, lunch and materials. The fee for nonmembers is $95 and includes morning refreshments, lunch, materials and a 2015 IMCAT membership. Representatives of commercial enterprises may attend at the rate of $225. All classes are from 8:30 am–2 pm. To register, visit www.imcat.org. See below for the 2015 schedule. Registrants may attend one session at any site; region listings are for suggestion only. Regions 1, 2, & 3 » July 22 Abel Villarreal/Betty Adamson 2909 Miori Lane Victoria, TX 77901 361-788-9203 CONTINUED PAGE 8 SUMMER INSTITUTE
IMCAT Supported Bill on its Way to Senate House Bill 1474, the “front-loading” measure that IMCAT pushed for, has passed the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate. Instead of piecing out a school’s Instructional Materials Allotment over two years of the biennium, the bill, authored by Rep. Gary VanDeaver, would give schools access to all their IMA in the first year of the biennium. That’s important in biennia like this one, when the huge Proclamation 2015 is almost assured to soak up much of the two-year distribution in the first year. CONTINUED PAGE 10 HB1474
Funding Options Remain Limited Until Budget Passed It happens every two years, and it’s rarely gentle. The State Legislature convenes in Austin. The only thing it has to get done is pass a budget for the two-year period (“biennium”) that begins on September 1. Sometimes they’re finished within the 140 days that the state constitution gives them for their Regular Session. Sometimes they’re not, and they have to return for a special session. Or two. Until lawmakers pass that budget, Texas educators don’t know how much money they’ll be getting for instructional materials. CONTINUED PAGE 5 APPROPRIATION BILL
Letter from IMCAT President Kellie Skarda Wow, it seems like this school year just started and it’s already winding down. Most school districts are into their final six-weeks grading period, and students are patiently waiting for the final bell to ring. So what does that mean for us as Instructional Materials Coordinators? The start of another busy summer and anxiously waiting for the Texas Legislature to pass the budget so we know how much funding we will receive. EMAT opened up April 22. However, you should all be aware that the new funds will not be allocated to districts until the Legislature passes the budget. Districts will be able to spend any carryover balances, but until new funds have been allocated, we must all wait to place our orders for new materials. How much and what percentage we will receive will be determined by the Legislature. HB 1474 is a bill that would place all of our funds in the first year of the biennium. If you would like to hear more on what is going on at the Capitol, check out IMCAT’s website, Facebook page or Twitter feed (@imcatnews) for the latest updates. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact one of your IMCAT Board Members. We are here to assist.
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Official Newsletter of the Instructional Materials Coordinators’ Association of Texas
IMCAT Officers
Executive Committee
President Kellie Skarda, Goose Creek CISD
Tony Black, Whitehouse ISD
Donna McGuire, New Diana ISD
Sonia Blanco, East Central ISD
Rosa Ojeda, Waller ISD
President-Elect Abel Villarreal, Corpus Christi ISD
John Bridges, Fort Bend ISD
Kathryn Rey, Lewisville ISD
Cherie Crews, Keller ISD
Wayne Schaper, Spring Branch ISD
Treasurer KK Korelich, Judson ISD
Doricell Davis, Dimmitt ISD
Kim Slough, Abilene ISD
Misty Fisher, Duncanville ISD
Matt Tyner, Dallas ISD
Secretary Betty Adamson, Victoria ISD
Donna Freer, Advantage Academy
Nicole Ware-Smith, Houston ISD
Immediate Past President Susan Lenox, Plano ISD
Nikki Joslin, Royal ISD
Erica Gruber, Humble ISD
Executive Director Cliff Avery, GCP Assoc. Services
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Appropriation Bill
That can prove confusing, especially to educators who are new to the process. Instructional materials are supposed to be ordered and begin arriving for the new school year during the summer. In March, Instructional Materials and Educational Technology Division of T.E.A. described the options available to schools until the appropriation bill is passed and signed. A description is available at: http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/News_ and_Multimedia/Correspondence/TAA_Letters/Instructional_Materials_Ordering_for_ the_2015%E2%88%922016_School_Year/ Until the Legislature gives T.E.A. the amounts that will be available as of Sept. 1, instructional materials coordinators can place orders in EMAT, the state’s online ordering system, but they can only use: • funds left unspent from previous Instructional Materials Allotments, or • local funds that may be reimbursed after Sept. 1 through the disbursement process in EMAT. T.E.A. cautions, though, that a school district or open enrollment charter school can only be reimbursed up
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to the maximum in the IMA that becomes available Sept. 1. After a school district hits that mark, its local funds won’t be reimbursed. Assuming the budget gets passed in the summer, educators can begin ordering instructional materials, particularly the voluminous Social Studies materials included in Proclamation 2015. They can “spend” up to 80 percent of the IMA that will arrive after Sept. 1, as long as publishers agree to defer collection of the payment after the new fiscal year begins. Most publishers have agreed to the deferred payment. There are, at presstime, two exceptions: AQR Press and Discovery. A list of publishers that have confirmed their willingness to delay payment appears on the IMCAT website, www.imcat.org.
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Summer Institute Regions 4 & 5 » June 16 Jill Cook/John Bridges/Wayne Schaper Textbook Operations Bldg. 2 228 McCarty Houston, TX 77029 281-634-2946
Regions 9, 14 & 15 » June 16 Kim Slough/Lorrie Payne Crockett Room, Abilene ISD Admin Building 241 Pine Street Abilene, TX 79601 325-677-1444 ext. 2854
Region 6 » June 23 Rosa Ojeda/Nicole Joslin/ Kellie Skarda Waller ISD Technology Bldg. 1914 Key St. Waller, TX 77484 936-931-0318 ext. 1206
Regions 10 & 11 » June 15 Nick Gleicher/Cherie Crews/ Kathryn Rey Irving ISD Learning Resource Center - Ratteree 2121 S. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75060 972-600-4833
Regions 7 & 8 » June 11 Tony Black/Donna McGuire Pine Tree Junior High 2100 NW Loop 281 Longview, TX 75604 903-839-5500 ext. 6167
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Regions 16 & 17 » June 16 Doricell Davis Dimmitt High School 1405 Western Circle Dr. Dimmitt, TX 79027 806-647-3101 Regions 18 & 19 » June 18 Kim O’Connor Midland ISD Central Office 615 W. Missouri Midland, TX 79701 432-240-1920 Region 20 » June 17 Sonia Blanco/KK Korelich East Central ISD Ed. Hall 7395 FM 1628 San Antonio, TX 78263 210-649-4219
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HB1474
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Ann McGuffey Honored with P.D. Thomas Award
“HB1474 will give school districts and open enrollment charter schools more flexibility and allow them to plan better for the instructional needs of their students,” said IMCAT President Kellie Skarda of Goose Creek CISD. “We want to thank Rep. VanDeaver for all his efforts on behalf of this landmark legislation.” HB1474 passed the House on May 5. With less than a month to get through the Senate to the governor’s desk, HB1474 faces a long slog to becoming reality. The provisions of HB1474 have been incorporated into another bill that seems to have the blessing of House leadership, HB2811 by Rep. Ken King. That bill also requires the State Board of Education to reduce the number of TEKS specified in the foundation curriculum and to limit the projected cost of its proclamations to 75 percent of the amount that will be available to the Instructional Materials Fund in the biennium.
Longtime coordinator Ann McGuffey was recognized with the P.D. Thomas Award at I.M. Texas 2014 in Fort Worth this past December.
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