PVUSD Board of Education · Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 5:00 PM · Item 7.1 · PUBLIC HEARING
Hearing on whether every student has textbooks for 2026-2027
In plain English
State law (California Education Code Section 60119) requires school boards to hold an annual public hearing and then declare whether every student has enough textbooks and instructional materials that match California's academic content standards. This is that hearing for the 2026-2027 school year in Pajaro Valley Unified. Resolution #8 states that each student in transitional kindergarten through grade 12, including English learners, was provided sufficient textbooks and instructional materials, that students in foreign language and health classes received materials, and that laboratory science equipment was available for science lab classes in grades 9-12. A yes vote adopts that finding on the record.
The resolution is the district's formal statement that every student has a book or instructional materials to use in class and to take home, and that students in the same course across the district are using standards-aligned materials from the same adoption cycle.
Key facts
- Hearing set for October 7, 2026 at 6:00 p.m., which the resolution notes is on or before the eighth week of school and not during or immediately after school hours
- Required by California Education Code Section 60119
- Covers fiscal year 2026-2027, grades TK-12
- The resolution states at least ten days notice was posted in at least three public places in the district, listing the time, place and purpose
- "Sufficient" is defined as each pupil having a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home; the resolution also states laboratory science equipment was available for grades 9-12 science lab classes
Reasons to support
- Adopting the resolution keeps the district in compliance with a state requirement that the finding be made at a public hearing held on or before the eighth week of school.
- The resolution documents that materials were provided to all students, including English learners, and that students enrolled in the same course have standards-aligned materials from the same adoption cycle.
Reasons to oppose or change it
- The resolution asserts sufficiency across every subject but the document itself does not list counts or shortfalls by school or course, so board members or parents may want specifics before certifying the finding.
- Parents, teachers or bargaining unit leaders who know of classrooms short on books, lab equipment, or take-home copies would need to raise it at this hearing, since adoption records the district's official position that no shortage exists for 2026-2027.
Official wording
Public Hearing of Resolution # 8 regarding Statement and Assurance for Pupil Textbook and Instructional Materials Compliance for Fiscal Year 2026–2027, Pursuant to Education Code Section 60119 Report by: Deepika Srivastava 5 min report; 5 min discussion Pursuant to California Education Code Section 60119, the Governing Board of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District is required to conduct an annual public hearing and adopt a resolution determining whether each pupil in each school has sufficient textbooks and instructional materials aligned with the state-adopted academic content standards and consistent with the curriculum frameworks adopted by the California State Board of Education.
Summary written by claude-opus-5 from the agenda and the RESOLUTION #8 FOR PUPIL TEXTBOOK AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMPLIANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027.pdf. It can contain mistakes. The official documents govern.