The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools. The materials of each of the recommended programs will be on display through December 4, 2023, at eight review locations across the state and available virtually using publisher-provided links.
The recommended materials are in the following subject areas:
- Accounting 1, 2
- Administrative Support Technology
- Advanced Composition
- Baking and Pastry
- Business Principles and Management
- Chemistry 1, 2, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
- Child Development 1, 2
- Culinary Arts Management 1, 2 and Introduction
- Early Childhood Education 1, 2, and Introduction
- English 1, 2, 3, 4, 9–12 and Advanced Placement (AP)
- English Language Arts 3-5, 6-8
- Exploratory Family and Consumer Sciences (6th Grade)
- Family Life Education
- Food Science 1, 2
- Google Basics
- Handwriting, 2-3 (cursive)
- Human Development: Responsible Life Choices
- Introduction to Career Clusters
- Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 1 (7th Grade) – Updated curricula
- Keyboarding (CTE) Grades 7 and 8
- Language Arts, K-2
- Parenting Education
- Personal Finance
- Physics 1, 2, Advanced Placement 1, 2, C: Mechanics, and C: Electricity and Magnetism and International Baccalaureate
- Sports and Entertainment Marketing
- Sports Medicine 1, 2
- Webpage Development
- World History–Advanced Placement
In addition to the display sites, digital access will be available for the recommended programs. On November 3rd the publisher-provided links were made available online (2023 Virtual Public Review). A report of the Review Panel recommendations with citizen comments from the public review will be submitted to the State Board of Education on December 12, 2023.
You are invited to participate in the public review of these textbooks. In addition to the display sites, the review can be completed virtually with the link below:
Virtual Public Review Site
College or University, Campus Location for the Public Review Site
Bob Jones University Mack Library, Bob Jones University, 1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville SC 29614
Clemson University, Tillman Hall, 101 Gantt Circle, Clemson, SC 29634
Columbia International University Library, 7435 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC 29230-3122
Converse University, Mickel Library, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg SC 29302
Furman University, James B. Duke Library, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613
Limestone University Library (Hines & Riggins Building), 535 Quarry Drive, Gaffney, SC 29340
Newberry College, Center for Teacher Education, 1121 Speers Street, Newberry, SC 29108
Winthrop University, Withers Building, 611 Myrtle Drive, Room 307, Rock Hill, SC 29733