Instructional Materials Allotment
The new Instructional Materials Allotment will require strategic planning by the district’s curriculum, technology and textbook coordinators since the IMA appropriations include instructional materials, technology equipment and technology-related services.
Public Comments Requested
Public Comments regarding the Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 66 Instructional Materials Allotment, etc. are currently being accepted until May 29, 2012. The link below accesses the documents:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index4.aspx?id=2147506344
IMCAT Summer Institute Offers Instructional Materials 101
Friday, June 22 is for Region 10 districts
Service Center 1
2517 S. Ervay, Dallas, TX 75215 Map
Instructors: Matt Tyner & Misty Fisher
Contact Phone: 972-925-4787
Whether you just got the job of Instructional Materials Coordinator or are a battle-hardened veteran, you'll find useful information at IMCAT's Summer Institute. The session is designed to address the basic training you need to understand the rapidly changing world of textbooks and other instructional materials. Instructors are veteran coordinators who have received Texas Education Agency training. REGISTER BY JUNE 2 Details for this event can be found at http://www.imcat.org/events.html
The EMAT system is available for accessing IMA funds.
EMAT login: https://seguin.tea.state.tx.us/apps/logon.asp
Proclamation 2014
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147505402
HELP DESK - 512-463-9601
For immediate assistance call the TEA Help Desk for answers to questions about the EMAT system and Instructional Materials Allotments.
Texas Education Agency FAX - 512-475-3612
The TEA requires a district invoice faxed to them at the number above in order to authorize a payment to the district for Instructional Materials. The monies are then electronically deposited into the district's account, noted as Fund 410.
Return Shipments to STRC
The Instructional Materials and Educational Technology division of the Texas Education Agency will be sending out instructions through our EMAT broadcast email to all Textbook Coordinators regarding Braille and Large Type returns to the Special Textbook Redistribution Center (STRC). These new instructions will facilitate the return of accessible materials to the STRC.
Salary Disbursement Request Instructions
With the passage of SB 6, school districts and charter schools can use their Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA) funds to pay:
- for training educational personnel directly involved in student learning in the appropriate use of instructional materials and for providing access to technological equipment for instructional use; and
- the salary and other expenses of an employee who provides technical support for the use of technological equipment directly involved in student learning.
Allotment disbursement requests for Salaries will be approved; however, the disbursement requests should be completed in three (3) increments per school year. Districts will be responsible for submitting the separate disbursement requests, indicating the pay period on each submission. The requests should be submitted in EMAT at the end of November, the end of February and at the end of the contract date for the 2011 – 2012 school year.
Each request should cover the dates as indicated below:
November – September, October, November
February – December, January, February
End of contract for the 2011-2012 school year
March-August (as applicable)
School districts and charter schools that have already submitted a disbursement request will need to cancel the disbursement and submit a new disbursement at the end of November, requesting only the amount to recover allowable salary expenditures for the months of September, October and November. Disbursement requests for salaries will always be a reimbursement to the district’s payroll for each position.
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Region 10 Contact for IMA
Chris Kanouse - 972-348-1680
Links to information regarding SB6 and the IMA
EMAT Allotment Addendum is a user guide providing information on the changes in the EMAT system. Different textbook types and flowcharts are provided to clarify how districts can acquire materials. The flowchart starts from a requisition and ends where payment is made to the publisher/depository, district, and/or freight company.
EMAT Allotment Addendum (PDF)
The allotment allocations for each district and open-enrollment charter school are listed in the PDF document that may be download here: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147501895
August 3, 2011 Administrator Letter “Instructional Materials Allotment Calculations"
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/imet080311.html
July 18, 2011 Administrator Letter “Ordering Instructional Materials for School Year 2011-12” http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/taa/instruct07192011.html
TETN Presentation slides regarding SB6 and IMA (see slide 31 for planning) download : PowerPoint® Presentation
Download Senate Bill 6 below:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00006F.pdf#navpanes=0
Instructional Materials Allotment Guidelines may be downloaded at: below.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147501287
List of Publishers
Publishers List for both print and digital for Proclamation 2011 and Supplemental Science and the Commissioner’s list of Electronic Textbooks. These are adopted instructional materials and there is not a list for non-adopted instructional materials.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=3373
For more information, contact:
instructional.materials@tea.state.tx.us