Textbook Commission

Based on the recommendation of the State Superintendent, the Governor appoints a Textbook Commission of 23 members who hold office for four years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members are assigned roles on the commission based on their qualifications in the categories of principal, teacher, parent or superintendent and the grade bands (K-5, 6-8, 9-12). The Commission meets four times a year or at the call of the chair. The term end date for the current commission is April 1, 2025.

Textbook Commissioners Directory (Term: 4/2/2021 through 4/1/2025)

Name County Region SBE District Appointment Requirement
Alicia Ray Surry 5 Piedmont-Triad Parent of a student in middle school
Angela Martin Sampson 4 Sandhills High school teacher or principal
Aubrey Godette Carteret 2 Southeast Middle school teacher or principal
Dr. Ashton Coppley Union 7 Southwest Middle school teacher or principal
Dr. Jarrod Dennis Stanly 7 Southwest Superintendent of a local school administrative unit
Dr. Rikki Baldwin Rowan 7 Southwest Middle school teacher or principal
Jodi Rae Autry Stanly 7 Southwest Elementary school teacher or principal
Karina Cameron Moore 4 Sandhills Elementary school teacher or principal
Kathleen Linker Rowan 7 Southwest Elementary school teacher or principal
Lindsey Sise Moore 4 Sandhills High school teacher or principal
Major (RET) William Chesher Cumberland 4 Sandhills Parent of a student in middle school
Maria Bishop Burke 1 Northwest Parent of a student in high school
Marlena Bleau Carteret 2 Southeast Middle school teacher or principal
Matthew McLean Cumberland 4 Sandhills Elementary school teacher or principal
Melissa Jenkins Forsyth 5 Piedmont-Triad Parent of a student in elementary school
Monica Douglas Forsyth 5 Piedmont-Triad Parent of a student in elementary school
Rob Orrill Iredell 7 Southwest Middle school teacher or principal
Shannon Brayboy Scotland 4 Sandhills High school teacher or principal
Susan Mills Cumberland 4 Sandhills High school teacher or principal
Vacant       Elementary school teacher or principal
Vacant       Parent of a student in high school
Vacant       Parent of a student in elementary school
Vacant       Parent of a student in middle school

 

Textbook Commission Meetings

Tab/Accordion Items

Textbook Commission Meeting Date Meeting Materials

March 25, 2024

Content meeting : Standards, Criteria Sheets, and Evaluation Platform

March 25 Agenda

March 25 Minutes

March 25 Audio Recording

January 29, 2024

Adoption Overview, Ethics and Initial Training for Commissioners

January 29 Agenda

January 29 Minutes

January 29 Audio Recording

October 25, 2023

Commissioner's Planning Meeting for 2024 adoption process

October 25 Agenda

October 25 Minutes 

There was no textbook adoption for the year 2023.

Textbook Commission Meeting Date Meeting Materials

Sept. 19-20, 2022

Deliberations and Reconsideration Meeting

The NC Textbook Commission will meet to deliberate for the purpose of developing a list of recommended instructional materials to present to the State Board of Education for adoption. Publishers will have an opportunity to request reconsideration by the commission for materials not recommended.

Meeting Location:

Embassy Suites Greensboro Airport

204 Centreport Drive

Greensboro, NC

An audio recording of the meeting will be posted at the end of the meeting each day.

Sept. 19 Minutes

Sept. 20 Minutes

Sept. 19-20 Agenda

Sept. 19 YouTube

Sept. 20 YouTube

Aug. 3, 2022

10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Planning Meeting

Note: The Deliberations and Reconsiderations meeting has been rescheduled to Sept. 19-20. The meeting is tentatively scheduled at the Embassy Suites Greensboro Airport. Additional meeting details TBA.

Aug. 3 Agenda

Aug. 3 Minutes

Aug. 3 YouTube

June 2022

The NC Textbook Commission will meet as indicated below during the week of textbook evaluations with advisors.

  • Planning meetings: The commissioners will discuss the timeline and progress of evaluation events and activities.
  • Optional presentations: Publishers participating in the current adoption process will have an optional opportunity to present information to the Textbook Commission on Saturday, June 11.
  • Debriefing meetings: Textbook Commissioners will have debriefing meetings with Textbook Evaluation Advisors by grade level to discuss any comments and recommendations the advisors have from their evaluations and reviews of assigned textbooks/instructional materials.
June Daily Agendas

June 17

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Debriefing Meetings

Embassy Suites Greensboro

June 17 Minutes

June 17 YouTube

Thursday, June 16

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Planning meeting

and

12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Debriefing meetings

Embassy Suites Greensboro

June 16 Minutes (Part 1)

June 16 YouTube (part 1)

June 16 Minutes (Part 2)

June 16 YouTube (part 2)

June 15

10 a.m. to 10:30 am

Planning meeting

and

4 p.m. to 4:30 pm

Planning meeting

Embassy Suites Greensboro

June 15 minutes (part 1)

June 15 YouTube (part 1)

June 15 minutes (part 2)

June 15 YouTube (part 2)

June 13

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Planning meeting

Embassy Suites Greensboro, 204 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC 27409

June 13 Minutes

June 11

1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Planning meeting/optional publisher's presentations

Homewood Suites Greensboro, 201 Centreport Dr., Greensboro, NC 27409

June 11 Minutes

June Publisher's Presentation Schedule

May 12, 2022

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Planning meeting of the NC Textbook Commission

The commission will meet to plan textbook evaluation week and selecting advisors. The meeting will be in-person with a virtual option.

The in-person meeting will be held in the Education Building located at 301 N Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC on the 5th floor in room 504.

May 12 on the day of the meeting to join the virtual option as an attendee.

May 12 Minutes

May 12 Agenda

May 12 Presentation

May 12 YouTube

April 13, 2022

9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Planning meeting of the NC Textbook Commission

The commission will meet to being planning for textbook evaluations for K-12 English language development and K-12 social studies.

April 13 on the day of the meeting to join as an attendee.

April 13 Minutes

April 13 Agenda

April 13 YouTube

March 28, 2022

9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Planning meeting of the NC Textbook Commission

The commission will meet to being planning for textbook evaluations for K-12 English language development and K-12 social studies.

March 28 on the day of the meeting to join as an attendee.

March 28 Minutes

March 28 Agenda

March 28 Presentation

March 28 YouTube

March 15, 2022

Planning meeting of the NC Textbook Commission

This meeting was canceled because the commission did not have quorum.

March 15 Agenda

February 16, 2022

9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Planning meeting of the NC Textbook Commission

The Textbook Commission was not able to meet on this date because a quorum was not established.

February 18 Meeting

February 16 on the day of the meeting to join as an attendee.

February 16 Minutes

February 16 Agenda

February 16 YouTube

January 25, 2022

Special Called Meeting

The NC Textbook Commission will hold a special called meeting on January 25, 2022, beginning at 9 a.m. to deliberate the evaluation of materials for a bid that was mistakenly omitted. The meeting will be virtual only.

https://bit.ly/SpecialCommMtg, on the day of the meeting to join.The commission will deliberate to determine whether to recommend the bid materials to the State Board of Education (SBE) for adoption. Reconsideration will be given per request by the publisher if the bid submission is not recommended during deliberations. If reconsideration is requested by the publisher, the commissioners will reconvene beginning at 1 p.m.

January 25 Minutes

January 25 Agenda

January 25 YouTube

Textbook Commission Meeting Date Meeting Materials

November 17 - 18, 2021

Deliberations and Reconsiderations Meeting (Rescheduled)

The NC Textbook Commission will meet to deliberate for the purpose of developing a list of recommended instructional materials to present to the State Board of Education for adoption. Publishers will have an opportunity to request reconsideration by the commission for materials not recommended.

Meeting Location:

Embassy Suites by Hilton Greensboro Airport

204 Centreport Drive

Greensboro, NC

Face coverings are required in the meeting room. The hotel is following Guilford County guidelines which currently requires face coverings when indoors in all businesses.

An audio recording of the meeting will be posted at the end of each meeting day.

November 17 Minutes

November 18 Minutes

November 17 - 18 Agenda

November 17 YouTube

November 18 YouTube

October 6 - 7, 2021

Deliberations and Reconsiderations Meeting

This meeting has been canceled because the commission will not have quorum. Information will be posted when the meeting is rescheduled.

October 6 - 7 Agenda

July 29, 2021

Called Session

July 29, 2021 Meeting

July 29 Minutes

July 29 Presentation

July 29 Agenda

July 29 YouTube

June 18, 2021

The June 18 Textbook Commission meeting was canceled.

June 13, 17, 18 Agendas

June 17, 2021

June 17, 2021 Meeting

June 17 Minutes

June 17 YouTube

June 13, 2021

June 13, 2021 Meeting

June 13 Minutes

June 13 Publisher Presentation Schedule

June 13 YouTube

May 18, 2021

The Textbook Commission was not able to meet on this date because a quorum was not established.

May 18, 2021 Meeting

May 18 Minutes

May 18 Agenda

May 18 YouTube

April 23, 2021

April 23, 2021 Meeting

April 23 Minutes

April 23 Presentation

April 23 Agenda

April 23 YouTube

March 19, 2021

The Textbook Commission was not able to meet on this date because a quorum was not established.

March 19, 2021 Meeting

March 19 Minutes

March 19 Agenda

February 16, 2021

February 16, 2021 Meeting

February 16 Minutes

February 16 Presentation

February 16 Agenda

February 16 YouTube

January 19, 2021

January 19 Minutes

January 19 Agenda

January 19 YouTube

Textbook Commission Meeting Date Meeting Materials

November 4, 2020

Subcommitte on Digital Resources Meeting

November 4 Minutes

November 4 Agenda

November 4 YouTube

October 7, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

October 7 Minutes

October 7 Agenda

October 7 YouTube

September 3, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

September 3 Minutes

September 3 Agenda

September 3 YouTube

August 6, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

August 6 Minutes

August 6 Agenda

August 6 YouTube

July 22, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

July 22 Minutes

July 22 Agenda

July 22 YouTube

July 2, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

July 2 Minutes

July 2 Agenda

July 2 YouTube

June 11, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

June 11 Minutes

June 11 Agenda

June 11 YouTube

May 27, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

May 27 Minutes

May 27 Agenda

May 27 YouTube

May 7, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

May 7 Minutes

May 7 Agenda

May 7 YouTube

April 30, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

April 30 Minutes

April 30 Agenda

April 30 YouTube

April 17, 2020

April 17 Minutes

April 17 Agenda

April 17 Presentation

April 17 YouTube

April 2, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

April 2 Minutes

April 2 Agenda

April 2 YouTube

March 20, 2020

March 20 Minutes

March 20 Agenda

March 20 Presentation

March 20 YouTube

March 19, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

March 19 Minutes

March 19 Agenda

March 19 YouTube

February 28, 2020

February 28 Minutes

February 28 Agenda

February 28 YouTube Part 1

February 28 YouTube Part 2

February 27, 2020

Subcommittee on Digital Resources Meeting

February 27 Minutes

February 27 Agenda

February 27 YouTube

January 17, 2020

Subcommittee On Digital Resources Meeting

January 17 Minutes

January 17 Agenda

January 17 YouTube