IGD ©CURRICULUM ADOPTION
IGD ©All new programs and courses of study will be subject to Board approval, as will elimination of programs and courses and extensive alteration in their content. Curricular proposals from the professional staff may be presented to the Superintendent, who will be responsible for making recommendations to the Board on such matters. Meetings of authorized textbook selection committees shall comply with open meeting law requirements. A.R.S. 15-721(F) or 15-722(B).
Prohibited Instruction
Public school students should be taught to value each other as individuals and not be taught to resent or hate other races or classes of people.
No District school shall include in its program of instruction any courses or classes that:
A. Promote the overthrow of the United States government.
B. Promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
C. Are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group.
D. Advocate ethnic solidarity instead of treatment of students as individuals.
The above restrictions are not to be construed to restrict or prohibit:
A. Courses or classes for Native American pupils that are required to comply with federal law.
B. Grouping of students according to academic performance, including capability in the English language, that may result in a disparate impact by ethnicity.
C. Courses or classes that include the history of any ethnic group and that are open to all students, unless the course or class is in violation of an above cited course or class restriction.
D. Courses or classes that include the discussion of controversial aspects of history.
E. Instruction about the Holocaust, any other instance of genocide, or the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on ethnicity, race, or class.
An alleged failure by the District to abide by the preceding conditions may subject the District to investigation by the State Board of Education (SBE) or the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Enforcement action may be instituted by the SBE or the Superintendent of Public Instruction as prescribed by A.R.S. 15-112.
Adopted: November 20, 2005