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REGULATION

TEXTBOOK / SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS
SELECTION  AND  ADOPTION

(Criteria for Selection)

Textbook selection committees shall be guided by the following:

A.  Resources shall be recommended to support and enrich the school curriculum and to meet the personal needs of the students.

B.  Resources that are recommended shall be appropriate for the subject area and for the age, emotional development, ability level, learning styles, and social development of students for whom the materials are selected.

C.  Resources that are recommended shall provide a background of information that will motivate students to examine their own attitudes and behavior, to comprehend their duties, responsibilities, rights, and privileges as participating citizens in our society, and to make intelligent judgments in their daily lives.

D.  Resources that are recommended shall provide information on differing sides of issues so that users may develop the practice of critical analysis.

E.  Resources shall be recommended for the atypical student as well as for the average student.

F.  Resources shall be recommended for their strengths rather than rejected for their weaknesses, and shall be judged as a whole.

G.  Recommendations shall support and be consistent with general education goals of the District and goals and objectives of specific courses.