What you need to know
The primary change to how the policies will impact community members, said Cindy Hill, RRISD's general counsel, is by narrowing the scope of who can challenge instructional and library materials.
Previously, RRISD's policy for challenges to instructional and library materials allows any resident of the district to challenge any materials they find questionable in accordance with established guidelines. The update limits challenges to parents, guardians and employees of the district, she said.
These updates bring the district's policies in line with the Texas Administrative Code, as well as catalog development standards adopted by the Texas Education Agency, Hill said in November.
The details
The updates come from changes to policies EFA and EFB legal and local, which govern instructional resources such as those used in the classroom and available in the library, and make up a handful of the 46 policy updates currently under consideration in the district.
What else?
In addition to narrowing who is allowed to make challenges, the policy update comes with clarifications to criteria for selecting instructional resources, and may include items from the State Board of Education list, according to district documents.
