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Proposed Instructional Materials and Textbooks Available for Public Review

The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina's public schools at one of three local sites: Columbia College, Edens Library, 1301 Columbia College Dr.; Columbia International University, University Library, 7435 Monticello Rd.; and the University of South Carolina, College of Education, Wardlaw Building 113, (faces Sumter Street-across from USC Horseshoe).

The textbooks and instructional materials are on display from Oct. 11 through Nov. 10, and evaluation forms for citizens' comments are available at each site. State Board of Education members will review citizens' comments before a final decision is made on adopting the materials.

The materials will be recommended to the State Board of Education for adoption on December 8, 2004, by the Instructional Materials Review Panels appointed by the Board. The materials are in the following subject areas:

* Advanced Composition
* American Government (includes Advanced Placement)
* Child Development I, II
* Clothing and Textiles I and II
* Computer Applications
* Consumer and Homemaking I, II
* Consumer Education I, II
* Digital Input Technologies
* Education for Parenthood I, II
* Emergency Medical Services I, II, III
* Foods and Nutrition I, II
* Gerontology
* Global Studies, Grades 9-10
* Health and Safety, Grades K-5
* History-United States and Constitution (includes Advanced Placement)
* History-World (includes Advanced Placement)
* Housing and Home Furnishings I, II
* Industrial Systems Technology
* Information Technology Foundations
* Medical Terminology
* Networking I, II
* PC Repair
* Self-Contained Educable Mentally Disabled
* Virtual Enterprise
* Western Civilization
* World Geography