BP 6163.1Libraries/Media Centers

The Board believes that school libraries have a responsibility to nurture intellectual growth and freedom by providing:

• Materials/information that support and enrich the curriculum, taking into consideration students' varied interests, abilities, maturity levels and learning styles.
• Materials/information that will stimulate growth in factual knowledge, literary appreciation, aesthetic values and ethical standards.
• Materials/information that will support students' personal needs and enable them to make intelligent judgments in their daily lives.
• Materials/information that present opposing sides of controversial issues, so that students may learn, with guidance, how to analyze and think critically about what they read.
• Materials/information which realistically depict our pluralistic society and reflect the contributions of its various religious, ethnic and cultural groups.

Legal References:

ALASKA STATUTES:
AS 14.56.300-.340 Library Assistance Grants Alaska Administrative Code

4 AAC 57.020 Annual Report of Library Operations
4 AAC 57.050-.099 Library Assistance Grants
4 AAC 57.410-.490 Public School Library Collection Development Grants

4 AAC 57.990 Definitions