| Southern Local School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2530.01 - RESOURCE MATERIALS
The Board of Education shall provide instructional and evaluative materials, within budgetary constraints, to implement the District and school educational goals and objectives.
Such materials shall include reference books, other supplementary titles, audio-visual materials, maps, and library books.
The Superintendent shall ensure a procedure for the selection and maintenance of all resource materials. Such procedure shall be developed by appropriate administrative and instructional staff. All selections are subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
The Superintendent is directed to apply the following standards to the selection of resource materials:
| A. | Materials shall be suited to the varied interests, abilities, reading levels and maturation levels of the students to be served. | |
| B. | Wherever possible, materials shall provide major opposing views on controversial issues so that students may develop under guidance the practice of critical reading and thinking. | |
| C. | Wherever possible, materials shall represent the many religious, ethnic and cultural groups and their contribution to American heritage. | |
| D. | Materials shall be factually accurate and of genuine literary and/or artistic value. | |
| E. | Materials shall be of a quality and durability appropriate to their intended use and longevity. | |
| F. | Materials shall relate to, support, and enrich the courses of study adopted by the Board. | |
| G. | A listing of resource materials shall be made available for the use of the professional staff and for the information of the members of the Board. |
R.C. 3329.05
A.C. 3301-35-03(B)