Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 6:210
Instruction
Instructional Materials
All District classrooms and learning centers should be equipped with a wide assortment of teaching tools,
textbooks, workbooks, audio-visual materials, and equipment selected to meet the students' needs. Textbooks and instructional materials should provide quality learning experiences for students and:
1. Enrich and support the curriculum;
2. Stimulate growth in knowledge, literary appreciation, aesthetic values, and ethical standards;
3. Provide background information to enable students to make intelligent judgments;
4. Present opposing sides of controversial issues;
5. Be representative of the many religious, ethnic, and cultural groups and their contributions to our
American heritage;
6. Depict in an accurate and unbiased way the cultural diversity and pluralistic nature of American
society.
A list of textbooks and instructional materials used in the District shall be revised annually by building
administrators under the Superintendent's direction and shall be made available to the Board and professional staff as a reference. Anyone may inspect any textbook or instructional material.
Teachers are encouraged to limit the use of supplemental media material to only that which will enhance, or otherwise illustrate, the subjects being taught. All supplemental media material must be age-appropriate. Additionally, no unrated movie or movie rated “R†by the Motion Picture Association of America (including foreign films) shall be shown to students unless procedures indicated in 6:210-R1 are followed, and no NC-17 or “X†rated movie shall be shown under any circumstances.
Textbooks and instructional materials shall be adopted consistent with provisions of The School
Code.
LEGAL REF.: General Education Provisions Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.105 ILCS 5/28-19.1.
CROSS REF.: 6:220, 7:10
ADOPTED: December 8, 1997
REVISED: May 9, 2005
REVIEWED: November 27, 2006
REVISED: January 8, 2007
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