Common use of Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues Clause in Contracts

Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. A. Teachers shall be protected from undue censorship or restraint which may interfere with their obligation to pursue knowledge and truth in the performance of the teaching functions. Teaching of controversial issues is an accepted procedure in appropriate subject matters and grade levels in district schools. However, this does not give the teacher, or any group, the license to promote a particular point of view. Teachers also have the obligation to use thoughtful judgment in approaching controversial issues. They shall: (1) present varying aspects or sides of the issue; (2) clearly identify a personal position if such an expression is desirable; and (3) use care in selecting the type of materials used in studying the controversial issues. (See district Policy and Standard Practice INB). Academic freedom/controversial issues as defined in this context allows the teacher the right to complement but not the right to replace district-required curriculum and materials and/or district-adopted goals and/or instructional objectives with curriculum materials, goals, and/or objectives of the teacher’s choice. B. The Association shall be notified in a timely fashion of all filings of a Request to Reconsider as set forth in Standard Practice II/IIA-AR. C. Prior to any unilateral administrative decision to modify, ban, or otherwise curtail the use of materials or portions of materials contained in district adoptions for instructional purposes, the Association will be informed in a timely manner and shall be allowed to review the materials in question and to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board. D. Whenever a district committee recommends the adoption, modification, ban, or curtailment of all or portions of district texts or other instructional materials which are of a controversial nature and/or which may raise concerns regarding academic freedom, the Association will be informed in a timely manner of the committee’s decision(s) and will be allowed to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board prior to Board action or unilateral administrative action.

Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. A. Teachers shall be protected from undue censorship or restraint which may interfere with their obligation to pursue knowledge and truth in the performance of the teaching functions. Teaching of controversial issues is an accepted procedure in appropriate subject matters and grade levels in district schools. However, this does not give the teacher, or any group, the license to promote a particular point of view. Teachers also have the obligation to use thoughtful judgment in approaching controversial issues. They shall: (1) present varying aspects or sides of the issue; (2) clearly identify a personal position if such an expression is desirable; and (3) use care in selecting the type of materials used in studying the controversial issues. (See district Policy and Standard Practice INB). Reconsider as set forth in Standard Practice INBA The Association shall be notified in a timely fashion of all filings of a Request to . Academic freedom/controversial issues as defined in this context allows the teacher the right to complement but not the right to replace district-required curriculum and materials and/or district-adopted goals and/or instructional objectives with curriculum materials, goals, and/or objectives of the teacher’s choice. B. The Association shall be notified in a timely fashion of all filings of a Request to Reconsider as set forth in Standard Practice II/IIA-AR. C. INBA C.B. Prior to any unilateral administrative decision to modify, ban, or otherwise curtail the use of materials or portions of materials contained in district adoptions for instructional purposes, the Association will be informed in a timely manner and shall be allowed to review the materials in question and to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board. D. C. Whenever a district committee recommends the adoption, modification, ban, or curtailment of all or portions of district texts or other instructional materials which are of a controversial nature and/or which may raise concerns regarding academic freedom, the Association will be informed in a timely manner of the committee’s decision(s) and will be allowed to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board prior to Board action or unilateral administrative action.

Academic Freedom/Controversial Issues. A. Teachers shall be protected from undue censorship or restraint which may interfere with their obligation to pursue knowledge and truth in the performance of the teaching functions. Teaching of controversial issues is an accepted procedure in appropriate subject matters and grade levels in district schools. However, this does not give the teacher, or any group, the license to promote a particular point of view. Teachers also have the obligation to use thoughtful judgment in approaching controversial issues. They shall: (1) present varying aspects or sides of the issue; (2) clearly identify a personal position if such an expression is desirable; and (3) use care in selecting the type of materials used in studying the controversial issues. (See district Policy and Standard Practice Administrative Regulation INB). Academic freedom/controversial issues as defined in this context allows the teacher the right to complement but not the right to replace district-required curriculum and materials and/or district-adopted goals and/or instructional objectives with curriculum materials, goals, and/or objectives of the teacher’s choice. B. The Association shall be notified in a timely fashion of all filings of a Request to Reconsider as set forth in Standard Practice Administrative Regulation II/IIA-ARAR(2). C. Prior to any unilateral administrative decision to modify, ban, or otherwise curtail the use of materials or portions of materials contained in district adoptions for instructional purposes, the Association will be informed in a timely manner and shall be allowed to review the materials in question and to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board. D. Whenever a district committee recommends the adoption, modification, ban, or curtailment of all or portions of district texts or other instructional materials which are of a controversial nature and/or which may raise concerns regarding academic freedom, the Association will be informed in a timely manner of the committee’s decision(s) and will be allowed to express its point of view to the superintendent and/or the Board prior to Board action or unilateral administrative action.