Instructional Materials

FILE: IIA

Basic

As the governing body of the school district, the Board is legally responsible for the selection of instructional materials . Since the Board is a policy-making body, it delegates to professionalpersonnel of the district the authority for the selection of instructional materials in accordance with Board policies and procedures. Every effort will be made to ensure that instructionalmaterials are distributed equitably among the district's schools so that a balanced distribution of instructional materials will occur. Free textbooks are provided in grades K-12.

Materials for the school classrooms and school libraries will be selected by the appropriate professional personnel, in consultation with the administration . When the budget for the yearis approved in final form by the Board, the superintendent or designee shall direct the purchase of books, supplies, equipment and other instructional materials required, within the limits ofthe adopted budget. The superintendent or designee shall audit all claims and submit to the Board for approval and authorization for payment.

It is the responsibility of the professional staff to select instructional materials of the highest quality that will support the educational curriculum and goals of the district. Considerationshould be given to all available textbooks in the content area to provide opportunities for each child to realize his or her greatest potential through education.

The value and impact of any textbook, library or other instructional material will be judged as a whole, taking into account the purpose of the material rather than individual and isolatedexpressions or incidents of the work. Multi-cultural, disability-aware and gender-fair concepts will be criteria for selection of materials.

The district shall preferentially procure educational materials, including textbooks and collected materials, from vendors who make the materials available in either Braille format orelectronic format which is computer-readable in a form approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, at no greater cost than for regular materials.

Adopted: 08/17/2000

Cross Refs:

DK, Payment Procedures

KLB, Public Complaints About the Curriculum and Instructional or Media Materials

Legal Refs: §§ 170.051 - .171, RSMo.

New Franklin R-1School District, New Franklin, Missouri