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File
: IJ - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The School Committee believes that materials appropriate to the needs of the school program must be available to each student and teacher. These will be furnished by the School Committee subject to budgetary constraints.
The task of selecting instructional materials for programs will be delegated to the professional staff of the school system. Because instructional programs and materials are of great importance, only those that meet the following criteria will be approved by the Committee:
They must present balanced views of international, national, and local issues and problems of the past, present and future.
They must provide materials that stimulate growth in factual knowledge, literary appreciation, aesthetic and ethical values.
They must help students develop abilities in critical reading and thinking.
They must help develop and foster an appreciation of cultural diversity and development in the United States and throughout the world.
They must provide for all students an effective basic education that does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, physical disabilities or sexual preference.
They must allow sufficient flexibility for meeting the special needs of individual students and groups of students.
LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L.
71:48
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71:49
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71:50
BESE regulations 603 CMR
26.00
CROSS REF.: KEC, Public Complaints about the Curriculum or Instructional Materials
File
: IJ-R - RECONSIDERATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
Material that is challenged usually belongs to one of the three basic categories: religion, ideology, or profanity/obscenity. Board policies regarding these areas shall be as follows:
Religion -- Factual, unbiased material on religions has a place in school libraries.
Ideologies -- Libraries should, with no thought toward swaying reader judgment, make available a balanced collection of primary and factual material, on the level of their students on various ideologies or philosophies which exert or have exerted a strong force, either favorably or unfavorably, in government, current events, politics, education and other phases of life.
Profanity/obscenity -- Materials shall be subjected to a test of literary merit and reality in context using the criteria established.
When a problem concerning instructional resources in a school arises, the disposition of the problem will be made in a reasonable period of time using District adopted procedures.
In accordance with the statement of philosophy, no questioned materials shall be removed from the school pending a final decision. Pending the outcome of the request for reconsideration, however, access to questioned materials can be denied to the students of the parents making the complaint, if they so desire.
If the decision of the School Committee is that the questioned instructional resource be retained, the District will not convene a Review Committee relative to the same complaint for a period of three years. If a substantially different point of view is advanced, it will be investigated. (The period of three years does not apply in this instance).
If an individual or a group undertakes action to keep material from the shelves by checking it out and failing to return it, or by taking turns in keeping it checked out so that it is not available for student use, the Superintendent shall request, in writing, the return of the material. If it is not returned within thirty (30) days, a bill for the current replacement cost of the item shall be rendered to the party holding the item.
After the School Committee has adopted new materials or approved certain methods, that decision will not be reconsidered for a period of three years beginning with the end of the school year when the adoption is made.
File
: IJJ/IJK/IJKA/IJL/IJM - SELECTION POLICY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS
OBJECTIVES
For the School District:
Instructional materials are selected by the school district to implement, enrich, and support the educational program for the student. Materials must serve both the breadth of the curriculum and the needs and interests of the individual students. The district is obligated to provide for a wide range of abilities and to respect the diversity of many differing points of view. To this end, principles must be placed above personal opinion and reason above prejudice in the selection of materials of the highest quality and appropriateness. All curriculum materials must have intellectual merit and be free of simplistic and demeaning generalizations as well as bias, discrimination and stereotyping on the basis of race, color, gender identity, sex, religion, national origin and sexual orientation. The checklist for evaluating instructional material and programs should be utilized by the implementation committee when reviewing materials and programs.
For the Library Media Center:
The main objective of the selection procedure is to provide students with a wide range of educational materials on all levels of difficulty and in a variety of formats, with diversity of appeal, allowing for the presentation of many different points of view.
The objective of the library media center is to make available to faculty and students a collection of materials that will enrich and support the curriculum and meet the needs of the students and faculty.
Although many points must be examined, the School Committee directs the staff to be mindful of the following considerations:
The needs of all learners must be provided for.
Attention should be given to gender roles depicted in the materials.
The textbook and textbook support materials should lead the student and teacher beyond the textbook into a wide variety of other materials and educational experiences.
If the textbook deals with problems and issues of our times, it should present and encourage examination of varied points of view.
Because textbooks are selected for several years’ use, special attention also shall be given their physical characteristics, durability, format and price.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTION
The ultimate responsibility for all print and non-print materials used in all library media centers and instructional material and programs rests on the individual school committees of the tri-towns and the region.
Responsibility for the selection of instructional material and programs for newly revised curricular shall be made by the Curriculum Implementation team chaired by the Curriculum Coordinator with approval from lead teachers/departmental coordinators, building principals and Instructional Council, chaired by the Assistant Superintendent. Responsibility for the selection of instructional material and programs for mid-cycle curricular shall be made by departmental teams in conjunction with the Curriculum Coordinator and at the elementary level shall be made by a sub-committee which will include the Principal/Asst. Principal, the Curriculum Coordinator, lead teacher, and grade level representatives. The responsibility for selection of school library materials shall rest with the professional library staff through the building principal. The library media specialist will work cooperatively with staff members to interpret and guide the application of the policy in making day-to-day selections.
To ensure a well-balanced coverage of subjects, opinions, formats and a wide range of materials, the library collection will be developed systematically to support the curriculum, the state frameworks, and the diverse interests and needs of the students and staff.
PROCEDURES
Coordination
Recommendations from administrators, faculty, students and parents shall be gathered and considered when appropriate. The responsibility for coordinating requests as well as selecting and purchasing library media materials rests with the library media specialist.
Selection Aids
The library media specialist will use reputable, unbiased, professionally prepared selection aids. The following recommended sources shall be consulted in the selection of materials, but selection is not limited to these sources:
Children's Catalog
Elementary School Library Collection
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Horn Book
Booklist
School Library Journal
Reference Books for School Libraries
Wilson's Junior High School Catalog
Wilson's High School Catalog
Previewing
When possible, efforts shall be made to provide opportunities for library personnel and faculty to preview materials before purchase.
Gifts and Sponsored Materials
Gift materials and sponsored materials shall be evaluated by the standard selection criteria and shall be accepted or rejected by those criteria.
Replacements
Replacements will be purchased for worn, damaged, weeded, or missing materials basic to the collection when possible and needed.
Lost or Damaged Materials
Patrons are responsible for all materials borrowed. If materials are lost or damaged, patrons are responsible for replacing the items.
Weeding
Significant amounts of material that no longer meet the needs of the school impede patrons in the efficient selection of appropriate material. Weeding out materials that are no longer useful is therefore as important as the initial selection of materials. De-selection should be carried out in accordance with the same principles and policies that determine selection.
Position on Intellectual Freedom
The Old Rochester School Committees subscribe in principle to the statements of policy on library philosophy as expressed in the Library Bill of Rights of the American Library Association,. The principles of intellectual freedom expressed in the Library Bill of Rights are inherent in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. In the event library materials are questioned, the principles of intellectual freedom shall be defended.
PROCEDURE FOR CHALLENGED MATERIALS
Despite the quality of the selection process, occasional objections to curriculum materials may be made. No questioned material shall be removed from the school library media center or classroom material/programs pending a decision through the complaint process. In the case of a complaint, the procedure for filing a request for review of materials and books shall be used.
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The primary objective of the library/media center is to implement its resources to enrich and to support the educational program of the school.
Definition of Library Resources
Library resources are those materials, both print and non-print, found in school libraries which support curricular and personal information needs. Print items include books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, microfiche or microfilm. Non-print items include films, disc records, filmstrips, slides, prints, audiotapes, videotapes, compact discs, and computer software.
Criteria for Selection of Library Resources
The criteria for selection of library resources in the District are:
Needs of the individual student
Based on knowledge of students
Based on requests of parents and students
Needs of the individual school
Based on knowledge of the curriculum of the school
Based on requests from the professional staff
Provision of a wide range of materials on many levels of difficulty with a diversity of appeal and the presentation of different points of view.
Provision of materials of high artistic quality.
Provision of materials with superior format.
Reputable, unbiased, professionally prepared selection aids are consulted as guides.
In accordance with the District's policy of providing instructional materials on opposing sides of controversial issues, it should be noted that neither the media centers nor the District serve as advocates for the ideas expressed in any materials, nor does the presence of any material indicate automatic endorsement of the ideas expressed therein.
Disclosure of Information/Privacy of Circulation Records
Circulation records shall not be made available to anyone except pursuant to such process, order, or subpoena as may be authorized by law.
Re-evaluation (Weeding) of Library Resources
The continuous review of library/media center materials is necessary as a means of maintaining a useful and active collection. As new materials are selected and added, some older materials are withdrawn. The responsibility for determining which materials are to be withdrawn rests with the professional staff.
Among the reasons for withdrawing an item are the following:
Curricular changes have rendered superfluous some materials (or multiple copies of materials) formerly used but no longer in demand.
Some materials contain factual material that is no longer accurate nor current.
Some materials intended for recreational reading have become dated or unattractive and are no longer in demand. (Some such books, which are deemed “standards” or “classics”, will be retained even though they rarely circulate)
Some materials have become worn out, damaged or physically deteriorated and have lost utility and/or appeal.
Some materials have been superseded by newer items, which present the same information, but in superior format.
Withdrawn library/media center materials are processed in one or more of the following ways:
Made available to be used as resource or supplementary material by teachers.
Offered to other media centers in the District, as it is possible that a material, which lacks utility in one building, may have some usefulness in another.
Contributed to appropriate charitable or educational agencies.
Discarded, when warranted.
Continuing evaluation is closely related to the goals and responsibilities of library/media centers and is a valuable tool of collection development. This procedure is not to be used as a convenient or expedient means to remove materials presumed to be controversial or likely to be disapproved by segments of the community. Materials are not to be proscribed or removed because of actual or potential partisan or doctrinal disapproval, nor because of the origin, background or views of those contributing to their creation.
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