Instructional materials: open-source.

Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt at least 5 basic instructional materials in specified subject areas for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive. Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt fewer than five basic instructional materials in specified instances. Existing law also requires the governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high schools to adopt instructional materials that meet specified criteria for use in the high schools under its control. This bill would require at least one-half, or one-half plus one in the case of an odd number, of the basic instructional materials adopted by the state board to be open-source instructional materials. The bill also would authorize the governing board of a school district maintaining a high school to adopt open-source instructional materials. The bill would define an open-source instructional material as an instructional material that is available in a digital format, is free to view online, meets the same requirements imposed on other printed instructional materials, and may be developed in a specified manner. The bill would authorize the state board to adopt fewer than the required number of open-source instructional materials in specified instances.