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109. Instruction Materials

The Board shall provide instructional and evaluative materials to implement the educational goals and objectives of the district and its schools.

Instructional materials shall include reference books, other supplementary titles, all audio-visual and technologically derived materials, maps, library books, and all other material used for instruction.

The Superintendent, after consultation with the teaching staff, shall be responsible for the selection, recommendation and maintenance of all instructional materials. No adoption or change of materials shall be made without the Superintendent's recommendation, except by a two-thirds vote of the Board.

Challenged Materials

Any resident may challenge the suitability of particular books or other instructional materials. However, no parent or group of parents has the right to determine the instructional materials for students other than their own children.

The Board does recognize the right of an individual parent to request that his/her child not have to read a given book, provided a written request is made to the building principal.

Any resident of the community may formally challenge instructional materials used in the district's education program, based on appropriateness, by following established procedures in accordance with administrative rule 109-AR-2 as outlined in the Policy Manual of the School District of Springfield Township.

The final decision concerning controversial instructional materials shall rest with the Board, after careful examination and discussion of the material with school officials or anyone else the Board may choose to involve.