2220 ADOPTION OF COURSES

The Board of Education shall provide a comprehensive instructional program to serve the educational needs of the children of this district.  In furtherance of this goal and pursuant to law, the Board shall annually adopt courses of study, each of which addresses one or more of the goals of this district.

No course of study will be taught in the schools of this district unless it has been adopted by the Board.  The Board reserves the right to determine which units of the instructional program constitute courses of study and are thereby subject to the adoption procedures of the Board.

Each course of study approved for credit toward high school graduation shall include minimum course proficiencies.  In order to satisfactorily complete a course of study, a pupil must demonstrate mastery of the established minimum level of course proficiencies.

The Superintendent is responsible for the continuous evaluation of the courses of study against the educational goals of the Board and shall recommend to the Board such new or altered courses as he/she are deemed to be in the best interests of the pupils of this district.  The Superintendent’s recommendation will include the following information about the proposed course of study:

	1.	The specific objective of the course of study and the relationship of the course to 			the educational program, including a rationale for the course in terms of the goals 			of the district;

	2.	The applicability of the course to pupils and a description of those pupils to be 			served by it;

	3.	The course proficiencies to be mastered by pupils;

	4.	A description of course content, including any instructional method that departs 			significantly from the ordinary and is an integral part of the course of study;

	5.	The resources that implementation of the course will require, including textbooks, 		material, equipment, and specially trained personnel; and

	6.	The methods and standards by which the efficacy of the course will be monitored 			and evaluated.

The Superintendent shall maintain a current list of all courses of study offered by the district and shall provide each member of the Board with a copy.

N.J.S.A. 18a:4-25; 18A:4-28; 18A:7A-6; 18A:33-1; 18A:35-1 et seq.
N.J.C.A. 6:8-4.6; 8-7.1; 6A:7-1.1 et seq.

N.J.A.C. 6A:8-4.1; 6A:8-4.4
N.J.A.C. 6A:19-3.5; 6A:8-2.2

Date Adopted:		1/19/76
Date Revised:		4/18/77, 3/18/91, 5/17/93