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- IB: Academic Freedom
SECTION I: Instruction
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- IB: Academic Freedom
- IC/ICA: School Year / School Calendar
- ID: School Day
- IGA/IGD: Curriculum Development and Adoption
- IHAI: Occupational Education
- IHAM: Health Education
- IHAM-R: Health Education (Exemption Procedure)
- IHAMA: Parental Notification Relative To Sex Education
- IHAMB: Teaching About Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs
- IHB: Special Instructional Programs and Accommodations (Programs for Children with Special Needs)
- IHBA: Programs for Students with Disabilities
- IHBAA: Observations of Special Education Programs
- IHBB: Gifted and Talented Education
- IHBD: Compensatory Education (Title 1)
- IHBEA:
- IHBF: Homebound Instruction
- IHBG: Home Schooling
- IHBG-R: Home Schooling
- IHBGA: Participation of Home Educated Students in Extra-Curricular Activities
- IHBH: Alternative School Programs
- IHBHE: Remote Learning
- IHCA: Summer Schools
- IJ: Instructional Materials
- IJ-R: Reconsideration of Instructional Resources
- IJ: Instructional Materials Reconsideration
- IJL: Library Collection
- IJND: Access to Digital Resources
- IJNDB: Use of Technology in Instruction
- IJNDBA: Staff Computer/Network Acceptable Use Policy
- IJNDC: Acceptable Use of Digital Resources
- IJNDD: Policy of Social Media
- IJOA: Field Trips
- IJOB: Community Resource Persons/ Speakers
- IJOC: School Volunteers
- IK: Student Progress Reports to Parents/Guardians
- IKE: Promotion and Retention of Students
- IKF: Graduation Requirements
- IL: Evaluation of Instructional Programs
- ILD: Student Submission to Educational Surveys and Research
- IMB: Teaching About Controversial Issues/Controversial Speakers
- IMD: School Ceremonies and Observances
- IMG: Animals in School
- IMGA: Service Animals in Schools
- IMH: Emotional Support Dogs
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File: IB
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
The Barnstable School Committee seeks to educate students in the democratic tradition, to foster recognition of individual freedom and social responsibility, to inspire meaningful awareness of and respect for the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Fairness in procedures will be observed both to safeguard the legitimate interests of the schools and to exhibit by appropriate example the basic objectives of a democratic society as set forth in the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L. 69:27 (1993)
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
School Committee approved on July 19, 2023.