Common use of CHALLENGED MATERIALS COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

CHALLENGED MATERIALS COMMITTEE. A. A committee called the Challenged Materials Committee will consist of four (4) representatives appointed by the Association, one of whom is a librarian, and four (4) appointed by the School District. The members of the committee will select a chairperson. B. Complaints concerning material covered within a classroom or library, by any person residing within the boundaries of the School District will be handled in the following order: 1. The person responsible for the challenged material along with the building administrator will be given the opportunity to meet informally with the person making the complaint. 2. If the issues have not been resolved as a result of the informal meeting, then the complainant may request a reconsideration form from the building administrator. Upon receipt of the signed request for reconsideration form, the school administrator will forward the complaint to the Challenged Materials Committee chairperson. 3. Challenged Materials Committee will consider the complaint and make an appropriate recommendation to the Superintendent and the School Board. The committee may refuse to investigate or hold a hearing on any complaint that the majority of the committee members consider to be patently frivolous, without merit, or from a person outside the District. The Board may remand the complaint to the committee for reconsideration. 4. If a Teacher, Librarian, Department Head, Administrator, or School Board Member is the first to hear the complaint, he or she will not take unilateral action. Rather, the school official will refer the complainant to Step 1 above. C. In addition to the above duties, the Challenged Materials Committee will: 1. Review and recommend changes, if any, in current policy and process for handling complaints. 2. Review and recommend changes, if any, to the District philosophy on academic freedom. 3. Review and suggest a formal materials selection process. 4. Recommendations for changes will be made by January 1st of each year.

CHALLENGED MATERIALS COMMITTEE. A. A committee called the Challenged Materials Committee will consist of four (4) representatives appointed by the Association, one of whom is a librarian, and four (4) appointed by the School District. The members of the committee will select a chairperson. B. Complaints concerning material covered within a classroom or library, by any person residing within the boundaries of the School District will be handled in the following order: 1. The person responsible for the challenged material along with the building administrator Building Administrator will be given the opportunity to meet informally with the person making the complaint. 2. If the issues have not been resolved as a result of the informal meeting, then the complainant may request a reconsideration form from the building administratorBuilding Administrator. Upon receipt of the signed request for reconsideration form, the school administrator School Administrator will forward the complaint to the Challenged Materials Committee chairperson. 3. Challenged Materials Committee will consider the complaint and make an appropriate recommendation to the Superintendent and the School Board. The committee may refuse to investigate or hold a hearing on any complaint that the majority of the committee members consider to be patently frivolous, without merit, or from a person outside the District. The Board may remand the complaint to the committee for reconsideration. 4. If a Teacher, Librarian, Department Head, Administrator, or School Board Member is the first to hear the complaint, he or she will not take unilateral action. Rather, the school official will refer the complainant to Step 1 above. C. In addition to the above duties, the Challenged Materials Committee will: 1. Review and recommend changes, if any, in current policy and process for handling complaints. 2. Review and recommend changes, if any, to the District philosophy on academic freedom. 3. Review and suggest a formal materials selection process. 4. Recommendations for changes will be made by January 1st of each year.