Requestor
Sam Baxter
Requested Information
HCPSS Policy 8040, Selection of Instructional Materials, provides a procedure for approval and removal of instructional materials in classrooms and media centers.
For the current school year 2021-2022 I am requesting:
1. The total number of members on the instructional materials review committee
2. Out of the total number above, the number of members on the instructional review committee that are employees of HCPSS
3. The breakdown of votes to retain or remove each of the titles below based on whether they are HCPSS employees or not
Books: Out of Darkness, Gender Queer, Lawn Boy
For example
Book: Out of Darkness
Votes to retain the book:
(number) HCPSS employee committee members
(number) non-HCPSS employee committee members
Votes to remove the book:
(number) HCPSS employee committee members
(number) non-HCPSS employee committee members
For the current school year 2021-2022 I am requesting:
1. The total number of members on the instructional materials review committee
2. Out of the total number above, the number of members on the instructional review committee that are employees of HCPSS
3. The breakdown of votes to retain or remove each of the titles below based on whether they are HCPSS employees or not
Books: Out of Darkness, Gender Queer, Lawn Boy
For example
Book: Out of Darkness
Votes to retain the book:
(number) HCPSS employee committee members
(number) non-HCPSS employee committee members
Votes to remove the book:
(number) HCPSS employee committee members
(number) non-HCPSS employee committee members
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, the number of members on the Instructional Materials Criteria Review Committee (CRC) for the current school year (term SY21-23) can be found under the CRC list from our response to MPIA 2022-116: https://mpia.hcpss.org/requests/2022-116. A breakdown of vote for the three titles requested is also below.
Responsive Documents
Updated response for Gender Queer vote breakdown.