Members of the Alabama State Board of Education could see textbooks back on the agenda next month.
During a work session on Thursday, Alabama State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said decisions on adopting new social studies and arts textbooks — delayed over questions from state board members — will be brought back to the agenda for the February meeting.
“I know that’s on people’s minds. I’ve been asked this morning ‘when is that going to come back?'” Mackey said.
Board members were originally supposed to vote on recommendations for social studies and arts education textbooks made by two separate committees — one for social studies and one for arts — during the board’s meeting last November.
The two committees, were appointed in April to review and rate textbooks. Those ratings were then sealed and given to the board in October.