604.01 - Instructional Materials Selection

The board has sole discretion to approve instructional materials for the school district.  This authority is delegated to certified personnel to determine which instructional materials, other than textbooks, will be utilized by and purchased by the school district.  The certified personnel shall work closely together to ensure vertical and horizontal articulation of materials and textbooks in the education program.

In reviewing current instructional materials for continued use and in selecting additional instructional materials, certified personnel shall consider the current and future needs of the school district as well as the changes and the trends in education and society.  Additionally, licensed employees are to select instructional materials that are free from discrimination, regardless of sex, race and color, national origin, religion and creed, age, marital/parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical attributes, physical or mental ability or disability, ancestry, political party preference, political belief, or socioeconomic status or familial status.  It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to report to the board the action taken by certified personnel.

Educational materials given to the school district must meet the criteria for selection of instructional materials.

 

 

(April 20, 1981; April 17, 1989; July 7, 2003: January 17, 2011; July 9, 2012; January 19, 2015; October 21, 2019)