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2220 - ADOPTION OF COURSES OF STUDY
The Board of Education shall provide a comprehensive instructional program to serve the educational needs of the students of this District. In furtherance of this goal, the Board shall periodically adopt courses of study.
The Board shall determine which units of the instructional program constitute courses of study and are thereby subject to the adoption procedures of the Board.
The Superintendent shall recommend to the Board such courses of study as are deemed to be in the best interests of the students. The Superintendent's recommendation shall include the following information about each course of study:
| A. | its applicability to students and an enumeration of those groups of students to be affected by it; | |
| B. | its scope and sequence and a statement of the rationale used to determine the amount and type of instructional time needed to accomplish the objectives at each level; | |
| C. | its justification in terms of the goals of this District, especially when it is proposed to take the place of an existing course of study; | |
| D. | its instructional methods and learning strategy; | |
| E. | the resources that its implementation will require, including textbooks, materials, equipment, specially trained personnel, etc.; | |
| F. | the criteria and standards for assessment and the plan for continuous assessment; | |
| G. | its developmental and operational history and results data, where available. |
The learning that results from each course of study should be durable, significant, and transferable and require a high level of student achievement of clearly-defined, cumulative performance objectives.
The plan for student assessment for each course of study should include the criteria and standards that will be used to determine when students may need to participate in remedial, supplemental, or accelerated activities in order to ensure that each student has been provided the opportunity to achieve at his/her optimum level.
The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines which provide for the development of individual learning plans that contain pre and post assessment activities as well as instructional activities for implementing each course of study. Such plans should also provide for proper record-keeping and periodic reporting of student performance.
In keeping with the Board's commitment to the school improvement process, such guidelines shall also provide for the appropriate participation of staff, parents, students, and relevant community organizations in the review of the District's courses of study.
The Superintendent shall maintain a current list of all courses of study offered by this District and shall provide each member of the Board with a current list of all courses of study.
S/He shall also ensure that those courses of study subject to State aid comply with the provisions of the State School Aid Act.
M.C.L.A. 380.1277, 380.1278, 380.1282, 388.1621
Revised 10/16/90