BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY IFBC Media Programs

County School District (District) shall have a library media center adequately staffed and containing the quality, quantity and variety of print and non-print materials and equipment to support the school's curricular offerings and to challenge individual students at their developmental level. It shall also be the policy of the Board to encourage the use of instructional materials and equipment in the educational program for all students. The use of this media should facilitate the learning process and be used in activities that are pedagogically sound. The educational goals of the District should be a guiding factor in the selection and use of instructional materials and equipment. The goals of the media program are to encourage the growth of intellectual freedom through the use of available resources and to enable the student to become a life-long learner. Instructional media should be selected and used in a manner to support these goals. The implementation of a unified media program throughout the District shall be based on procedures implemented by the Superintendent or designee in accordance with State Board of Education rules and regulations. The procedures implemented by the Superintendent or designee shall contain provisions to ensure that: 1. A media committee is established at the system level to be responsible for the development of media procedures for the school system, including: a. Selecting media and instructional materials; b. Handling requests for reconsideration of materials; c. Considering gifts of instructional resources; d. Using non-school owned materials; and e. Complying with copyright law. 2. A media committee is established at each school to provide input into various aspects of the media center operation, including: a. Making recommendations and decisions related to planning, operation, evaluation and improvement of the media program; b. Annually evaluating media services; and c. Developing a multi-year media plan for budget and services priorities