6161.1

Instruction

Guidelines for Evaluation/Selection of instructional Materials

Material for instruction and school libraries will be selected by school personnel in consultation with administration and faculty.  Selection shall be based on:

1.  Needs of the individual School

a.  Based on the curriculum

b.  Based on requests of professional staff members

2.  Needs of the Individual Students

a.  Based on knowledge of children and youth

b.  Based on requests of parents and students

Provisions should be made for a wide range of materials on all levels of difficulty with a diversity of appeal and the presentations of different points of view.  In making selections, professionally prepared selection aids should be consulted as guides.

Occasional objections to the selection of an instructional material may be made by the public despite the care taken to select those materials most valuable for the student and the teacher.  The complainant will be asked to complete the form “Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials.”  Upon receipt of a request for reconsideration an Advisory committee, consisting of the teacher and the person(s) responsible for selecting instructional materials, will review the work in question and report their finds to the citizen.   Copies of the Request Form and the report will be sent to the principal and the Superintendent

If the citizen is not satisfied with the decision contained in the report, he/she may appeal the decision to the principal, Superintendent and the Board of Education.

Policy Adopted:  December 7, 1992