605.05 - Media Centers

Students are encouraged to use the media center for quiet study.  The students shall have an opportunity to be exposed to a variety of media resources.  The school district shall maintain a media center in each building, staffed by a qualified school media specialist, for use by school district personnel and by students during the school day.

It shall be the responsibility of the principal of the building in which the media center is located to oversee the use of materials in the media center.

It shall be the responsibility of the administration to develop procedures for the selection and replacement of both library and instructional materials, for the acceptance of gifts, for the weeding of library and instructional materials, and for the handling of challenges to either library or classroom materials.

 

 

Legal Reference:  Iowa Code §§279.8, 280.3. .14, 301 (1991).
                                       281 Iowa Admin. Code 12.5(22).

Cross Reference:  505    Student Scholastic Achievement
                                       602    Curriculum Development
                                       605    Instructional Materials

Approved:  4-13-92              
Reviewed:  5-13-19              
Revised:  6-10-96