--- ## title: Policy 606.5 Redlined - Google Docs date: D:20260514175532+00'00' --- ## Adopted: MSBA/MASA Model Policy 606.5 Orig. 2023 ## Revised: Rev. 2025 ## 606.5 LIBRARY MATERIALS ## I. PURPOSE The purpose of this policy is to provide direction and to delegate responsibility for selection and reconsideration of library materials. ## II. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The school board recognizes that library materials serve as a vital component of a student’s education by enriching the breadth of the curriculum as a whole and meeting the needs and interests of individual students. The purpose of library materials is to meet the needs of all students. Therefore, questions regarding selection and reconsideration of library materials should be handled differently than those concerning textbooks and instructional materials. To ensure that library materials fulfill this role, the school board delegates to the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee responsibility for administering a process for selection of library materials. Responsibility for selection shall rest with professionally trained school district staff, with recognition that the school board has the final authority on selection of library materials. Parents and guardians have the right and the responsibility to determine their children’s access to library materials. Per MN Statute 134.51, a public (school) library must not ban, remove, or otherwise restrict access to a book or other material based solely on its viewpoint or the messages, ideas, or opinions it conveys. [NOTE: The school board may choose to revise the General Statement of Purpose.] ## III. DEFINITIONS A. “Library” is the school district resource that holds the library collection that serves the information and independent reading needs of students and supports the curriculum needs of teachers and staff. The term “library” includes a school library media center. The term also includes access to electronic materials. For school districts with multiple school buildings, the term “library” refers to the resource within a specific school building. Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.991, states that a school district or charter school library or school library media center provides equitable and free access to students, teachers, and administrators and that a school library or school library media center must have the following characteristics: 1. ensures every student has equitable access to resources and is able to locate, access, and use resources that are organized and cataloged; 2. has a collection development plan that includes but is not limited to materials selection and deselection, a challenged materials procedure, and an intellectual a…