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Board holds first reading of policy requiring clearer family notice of required instructional materials
Summary
At first reading, the board reviewed a proposed Policy IIA change requiring the superintendent to develop processes to notify students and caregivers of required core and supplemental instructional materials and to include required materials in course syllabi; board members debated supplemental-materials review, a 5,000-word threshold, and parental opt-out mechanics.
At the board meeting the board held a first reading of changes to Policy IIA that would require the superintendent to develop processes to notify students and caregivers about required instructional materials.
The proposed addition would direct the superintendent to ‘‘develop processes to communicate with students and caregivers both core and supplemental instructional materials that will be required for any courses,’’ the superintendent said during the first-reading discussion. The change is intended to make communication about required reading and materials routine and consistent.
Board members asked how the requirement would be operationalized. The superintendent said the expectation is that the required-materials information be part of the course syllabus…
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