2.  This policy applies to all campuses, one elementary school and one high school.  All district employed library media specialists are to adhere to the policies concerning challenged materials and selection of materials that the district has approved.

3.  Adoption date is unknown  Has not been revaluated in a number of years  Bill of Rights is written without further explanation  Policies are not lined out  Timelines are not provided in the challenge process  Information is not easily located

4.  Mission : The school’s mission is to graduate students ready to thrive in a global economy and offer a diverse and multicultural learning experience and curriculum. This district promotes the belief that all students can learn, ensures students have the technology and resources necessary to succeed, actively involves the parents and community, regards each student as an individual with unique needs and aspirations, and successfully provides a safe and orderly school environment. The library media centers implement, enrich, and support the educational programs of the school.  Objective: The purpose of this policy is to adapt criteria for the selection, removal and replacement of library materials.  Responsibility for Selection: Responsibility is given to the School Board and a Professional Library Media Specialist

5. Authority Scope Reliability Treatment Readability Subject Interest Format Special Features Potential Uses

6.  The library media specialist will select materials based on the existing collection and the needs of the school curriculum each school year.  The specialist will consult reputable, unbiased, professional selection aids when adding to the library’s collection.  The faculty will be consulted on the needs of their departments and grade levels.  Based on the same criteria as new materials gifts and non-book materials shall be evaluated and selected for the library’s collection.  Materials that are not current will be withdrawn from the collection.  Subscription materials will be examined before student use and will be selected based on the needs of the curriculum and student needs.

7.  Inform the complainant of the selection procedures  Request the complainant to submit a Request for Reconsideration  Inform the administration and other appropriate personnel  Keep challenged materials on the shelves during the reconsideration process  Upon receipt of the completed form, the principal requests a review of the challenged materials by the review committee.  The committee will meet and examine the material within a three week period.

8. Review Committee: Building level administrator A teacher from the subject area in question Parent representative Student representative when appropriate Building library media specialist Review Committee Procedures: 1. Reads, reviews, or listens to the materials in their entirety 2. Check general acceptance of the material by reading reviews and consulting recommended lists 3. Determine the extent to which the material supports the curriculum and examines the material in light of the selection criteria for purchasing new materials 4. Present written recommendation of the review committee to school board (both majority and minority opinions) 5. The school board will retain or withdraw the challenged material 6. The decision will be sent in written form to the complainant.

9. ALA. (2012). Workbook for Selection Policy Writing. Retrieved February 17, 2012, from ALA: http://ww.ala.org Bishop, K. (2007). The Collection Programs in School: Concepts, Practices and Information Sources. Westport: Libraries Unlimited.