603.01 - Basic Instruction Program

 

The basic instruction program will include the courses required for each grade level by the State Department of Education.  The instructional approach will be nonsexist and multicultural.

The basic instruction program of students enrolled in kindergarten will be designed to develop healthy emotional and social habits, language arts and communication skills, the capacity to complete individual tasks, character education and the ability to protect and increase physical well-being with attention given to experiences relating to the development of life skills and human growth and development.

The basic instruction program of students enrolled in grades one through six will include English-language arts, social studies, including instruction related to civics, mathematics, science, health, human growth and development, physical education, traffic safety, music, and visual art.

The basic instruction program of students enrolled in grades seven and eight will include English-language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, health, human growth and development, family and consumer, career, technology education, physical education, music, and visual art.

The basic instruction program of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve will include English‑language arts (8 credits), social studies (to include financial literacy) (6 credits), mathematics (6 credits), science (6 credits), physical education (4 credits), real living (1 credit), and electives (23 credits).

The board may, in its discretion, offer additional courses in the instruction program for any grade level.

Each instruction program will be carefully planned for optimal benefit taking into consideration the financial condition of the school district and other factors deemed relevant by the board or superintendent.  Each instruction program's plan should describe the program, its goals, the effective materials, the activities and the method for student evaluation.

It will be the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations stating the required courses and optional courses for kindergarten, grades one through six, grades seven and eight, and grades nine through twelve.

 

Legal Reference:          20 U.S.C. § 1232h.

                                    34 C.F.R. Pt. 98.

                                    Iowa Code §§ 216.9; 256.11; 279.8; 280.3-.14.

                                    281 I.A.C. 12.5.

 

Cross Reference:        103      Equal Educational Opportunity

                                    105      Long-Range Needs Assessment

                                    505      Student Scholastic Achievement

                                    602      Curriculum Development

                                    603      Instructional Curriculum

 

Approved:  11/01/2004

Reviewed:  03/17/2008, 11/19/2012, 12/18/2017, 10/21,2019, 01/17/2023

Revised:  10/21/2019, 01/17/2023, 08/19/2024