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 and pursuant to law, the Board shall periodically adopt courses of study.

For the purposes of this policy, a course of study shall be defined as any field of study.

Courses of study shall conform to standards of curriculum established by the State Department of Education.

Each course of study shall include its instructional methods and learning strategy including the manner in which the learning of democratic principles and ethics is provided for, if appropriate to the content of the course.

No course of study shall be taught in the schools of this District unless it has been adopted by the Board and approved by the State Board of Education. 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 is responsible for the continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of courses of study and shall recommend to this Board such new courses of study as are deemed to be in the best interests of the students of this District.

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.

R.C. 3301.07, 3313.60
A.C. 3301-35-02, 3301-37-02

Revised 11/27/90