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Instruction |
6161-BP |
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The Board of
Education will provide instructional materials to facilitate the delivery of the
district curriculum to students by the instructional staff. The selection of
such materials shall meet any requirements and standards which may be
established by the State of
Basic and
supplementary materials which are or may be uniformly issued to students and
which are the primary resources of instruction shall be adopted by the Board of
Education. This includes the literary works placed on the Core and Extended
Literature lists, K-12. Procedures for selection of materials recommended for
adoption shall involve management/supervisory personnel, teachers, specialists,
and parents. Materials recommended for adoption shall be placed on public
display for 30 days prior to Board action. Due to the volume of novels on the
K-12 Extended Literature List, only novels on the Core Literature list will be
placed on the 30-day display.
Enrichment materials,
reference materials, and materials used through individual student selection
may be provided and utilized to facilitate instruction. Such materials include
but are not limited to library books, reference/research materials,
audio-visual materials, charts, maps, globes, models, specimens, and technology
software. These materials will be selected and acquired through procedures
established by the district and do not require Board adoption.
In the adoption
and/or selection of instructional materials, the following factors shall be
considered: 1) support of the approved curriculum and content of the courses of
study, 2) accuracy of content, 3) absence of bias and fairness of presentation,
4) age/grade/subject appropriateness, 5) motivational and physical
characteristics of the materials, 6) demographic and cultural characteristics
and needs of district students, 7) useability by
instructional staff, 8) the fiscal resources of the district, 9) that all
language, both written and spoken, be of the highest quality and reflect
community and district standards, and 10) promotes good citizenship and
American ideals. The Superintendent shall establish administrative regulations to
implement this policy.
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CEC |
60002 et seq |
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