FILE:  IFA

Cf:  DC, IFAA, IFAB

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

 

 

The St. Martin Parish School Board strongly encourages the utilization of a wide variety of materials and equipment in the instructional program.  Instructional personnel shall keep abreast of the types of materials and equipment which can contribute toward meeting the goals and objectives of courses.  Instructional personnel shall also assist the administration in the selection and purchase of such materials and equipment for the school.

 

The School Board believes that appropriate personnel and materials must be available for each student.  It shall be the policy of the School Board that available system resources be allocated in a manner to ensure equivalence among schools of a similar type and enrollment in:  (1) teachers, administrators and auxiliary personnel; and (2) curriculum materials and instructional supplies.

 

PARENTAL ACCESS TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

 

A parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary school shall be entitled to access to instructional materials as provided by law.  A parent shall be entitled to:

 

  1. Review instructional materials used by or administered to the parent's child.

  2. Review any survey before the survey is administered or distributed by a school to a student.

 

The Superintendent and/or his/her designee shall develop and maintain pertinent administrative regulations and procedures governing parental access to instructional materials.  At a minimum, such regulations and procedures shall specify reasonable hours for review, that instructional materials shall be provided upon reasonable request of the parent, and reasonable and customary fees for copying of material(s) requested.  Nothing shall prohibit or interfere with the parent making his/her own copies on school premises using any mobile or other device.

 

For the purpose of this policy:

 

Instructional materials means content that conveys the knowledge or skills of a subject in the school curriculum through a medium or a combination of media for conveying information to a student.  It also includes any nonsecure test, nonsecure assessment, or survey administered to a student.  The term also includes books, supplementary materials, teaching aids, computer software, magnetic media, DVD, CD-ROM, computer courseware, online material, information, or services, or an electronic medium or other means of conveying information to the student or otherwise contributing to the learning process.

 

Parent means the parent or legal guardian of a child.

 

Survey means any evaluative instrument or questionnaire that is not an assessment of academic knowledge, skills, or abilities, administered as part of a state, national, or international assessment or by itself.

 

Revised:  November 5, 2014

Revised:  January 6, 2016

 

 

Ref:     Constitution of Louisiana, Art. VIII, Sec. 13

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:355

Board minutes, 11-5-14, 1-6-16

 

St. Martin Parish School Board