All course offerings and curriculum included in the instructional program of the school district must be approved by the Board of Education. The Board will approve only those course offerings that have been reviewed and recommended by the superintendent and that conform to the standards established by the State Department of Education.
The Board of Education establishes the following minimum criteria to be used in adopting a new course offering:
- It must be relevant to the goals established by the Board of Education.
- It must contain a list of objectives that the course is designed to achieve and methods by which progress, towards these, objectives can be evaluated.
- It must incorporate techniques and technology that has been demonstrated to be effective.
- If the proposed course offering is to replace an existing course, it must describe sound reasons as to why it should result in improvement.
- The proposed course offering must contain a list of curricular materials that are available for student and teacher usage.
- The recommended course offering must indicate what student population it is intended to serve.
A copy of each course offering approved will be placed in the central Board file.
(July 13, 1987; July 7, 2003; January 17, 2011, July 9, 2012; January 19, 2015; October 21, 2019)