FILE:  IFAA

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES/INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS TEXTBOOK SELECTION AND ADOPTION
The Board shall adopt all textbooks for use in the schools. So that textbooks will be available for students at the start of classes in the fall, all requests for textbook approvals and purchases shall be presented to the Board by the May regular meeting. In keeping with state law, all textbooks adopted and used in the district shall be on the state-approved list.

Selection of textbooks shall be the overall responsibility of the Superintendent or designee, who shall establish such committees as required for the review of materials available. Textbook selection committees shall complete their work in a timely manner to meet the May deadline for presentations to the Board.

Teachers who will use the textbooks shall be given a role in their selection.

 
LEGAL REFERENCE: General School Laws: 380.1421-380.1437
REVISED: Current practice codified 1975
5-14-91
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan