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Dorchester 02 policy committee updates materials-review process to align with state regulation 43170
Summary
Dorchester 02’s policy committee on Sept. 23 reviewed changes to combine instructional and library materials policies under state regulation 43170, add a district-level Citizens Review Committee with specified member categories, clarify parental-consent rules for sensitive surveys, and standardize complaint forms.
Meeting Chair (Speaker 1) led a Dorchester County School District Two policy committee meeting on Sept. 23 to present a package of changes to the district’s instructional- and library-materials policies intended to align the district with state regulation 43170 and to operationalize how material challenges are reviewed.
The committee’s packet combines former separate policies for classroom instructional materials and library materials into a single policy (IJ/IJL/KEC/KECR) drawn from the state regulation. Meeting Chair (Speaker 1) said the regulation places primary legal responsibility for instructional materials with the board and quoted the regulation’s wording: "the board may review and assess the existing instruction materials for compliance with this regulation." The district’s draft adds a procedural option allowing the board to call for a direct review of materials and clarifies that the…
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