2522 - INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES INSPECTION AND RIGHT TO FILE COMPLAINT
The School Board shall provide instructional resources within budgetary constraints, to implement the County's educational goals and objectives and to meet students' needs. The primary objective of such instructional resources shall be to enrich, support, and implement the educational program of the school. Instructional resources used in the County shall be consistent with the County goals and objectives and the course descriptions established by the State Board of Education and the State standards.
Each school shall ensure that the adopted, up-to-date, county-adopted class curriculum is posted on the school’s internet website at the beginning of each school year or no later than thirty (30) business days after new or revised curriculum is adopted. Only students, parents, or guardians of the students shall be provided the login information to gain access to the online curriculum.
Class curriculum shall include curriculum created pursuant to WV Code §18-5A-6.
The Board may provide access, or authorize access, to the County-adopted class curriculum.
If the school has no accessible website, the information shall be posted on the website of the Board, or a website authorized by the State Board of Education.
Each classroom teacher shall comply with the request of any parent, custodian, or guardian to inspect instructional resources adopted by the county board, supplementary instructional resources, and books in the classroom that were not adopted by the county board that are available for students to read, subject to the following:
only the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child enrolled in the class may make a request;
the classroom teacher may require that the parent, custodian, or guardian schedule an appointment in order to inspect the instructional resources. The classroom teacher shall schedule the appointment within ten (10) business days of the request of the parent, custodian, or guardian; and
as part of the inspection and upon request of the parent, custodian, or guardian, the classroom teacher shall demonstrate how the material relates to content standards adopted by the West Virginia Board of Education.
For any class in which reading a book or books are required, the classroom teacher shall include a list of books. The classroom teacher shall make the list available to any parent, custodian, or guardian of a child enrolled in the class upon request.
Any parent, custodian, or guardian may file a complaint with the County Superintendent, on a form developed and provided by the County Superintendent, if the classroom teacher fails to comply with any provision of this section. If the complaint is not resolved by the County Superintendent within seven business days, the parent, custodian, or guardian may file a complaint with the State Superintendent or designee. The State Superintendent shall make a form available for parents to file a complaint pursuant to this policy.
By September 1 of each year, the County Superintendent shall report to the State Superintendent the number of complaints filed the previous school year.