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District aligns materials-challenge process with state law, creates community media advisory committee
Summary
Staff proposed revisions to create a community media advisory committee and to make the board the final decision-maker on challenges to instructional materials, aligning Policy 5-01 and Policy 1-18 with a state amendment.
Staff presented draft revisions to Policy 5-01 and Policy 1-18 to align the district's challenge and appeals procedures with a state law amendment (transcript citation: General Statute 115C-86 as cited). The revisions would establish a community media advisory committee to investigate challenges to instructional materials and would make the Board of Education the final decision-maker on appeals following the district’s appeal hearing process.
Staff said the proposed language addresses membership of the advisory committee and the challenge procedure, and that the grievance/appeals policy (Policy 1-18) would include the mechanism for any appeal to reach the board for final determination. Staff recommended forwarding the revisions as part of the fast-track package.
