6:80 Teaching About Controversial Issues
Pennoyer School District #79 6:80
Instruction
Teaching About Controversial Issues
The Superintendent shall ensure that all school-sponsored presentations and discussions of controversial or sensitive topics in the instructional program, including those made by guest speakers, are:
· Age-appropriate. Proper decorum, considering the students’ ages, should be followed.
· Consistent with the curriculum and serve an educational purpose.
· Informative and present a balanced view.
· Respectful of the rights and opinions of everyone. Emotional criticisms and hurtful sarcasm should be avoided.
· Not tolerant of profanity or slander.
The District specifically reserves its right to stop any school-sponsored activity that it determines violates this policy, is harmful to the District or the students, or violates State or federal law.
CROSS REF.: 6:40 (Curriculum Development), 6:255 (Assemblies and Ceremonies)
First Read: October 11, 2017
Adopted: November 8, 2017