SERIES 2000: BYLAWS
2200 Board Powers
2203 Authority to Establish Curriculum
The phrase “State curriculum content standards,” as used in this Policy, means the State Board’s recommended model curriculum content standards developed and periodically updated under the Revised School Code.
A. The Superintendent or designee, after consulting with teachers and school administrators and after considering the State curriculum content standards, will recommend for Board approval a core academic curriculum for the District’s elementary, middle, and secondary schools.
- The recommended core academic curriculum will:
a. Define academic objectives to be achieved by all students.
b. Be based on the District’s educational mission, long-range student goals, and student performance objectives.
c. Meet or exceed State curriculum content standards.
d. Include credit requirements that meet or exceed the Michigan merit standards for high school students.
e. Incorporate grade-appropriate instruction on career development in each grade level based on MDE’s model program of instruction for career development.
f. Incorporate courses of instruction in the U.S. Constitution; the Michigan Constitution; the history and present form of government of the United States; and the State of Michigan and its political subdivisions, stressing the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
g. Incorporate grade-appropriate instruction in the social studies curriculum for grades 8-12 about genocide, including the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide.
h. Incorporate grade-appropriate instruction (Policy 5420), by appropriately trained teachers, on the principal modes by which dangerous communicable diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are spread and the best methods for the restriction and prevention of those diseases. The instruction will stress that abstinence from sex is a responsible and effective method for restriction and prevention of those diseases and is a positive lifestyle for unmarried young people.
i. Incorporate instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for students enrolled in grades 7-12, and, if the course or class will result in the issuance of a CPR certification card or status, ensure that CPR/AED instruction is provided by an instructor who is authorized by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized association.
j. Incorporate a grade- and age-appropriate model program of instruction on prescription opioid drug abuse based on the recommendations developed by the Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse Commission under Public Health Code Section 7113a.
k. Consider providing college level equivalent courses.
2. The recommended core academic curriculum will comply with subsection D of this Policy.
B. The Board will:
- Consider the Superintendent’s or designee’s curricular recommendations, including any recommendations to exceed the State curriculum content standards;
- Establish a core academic curriculum that meets or exceeds State curriculum content standards;
- Hold at least 2 public hearings as required under the Revised School Code Section before adopting or revising the District’s dangerous communicable diseases curriculum and
- Determine the aligned instruction program for delivering the core academic curriculum and identify the courses and programs in which the core academic curriculum will be taught.
C. The Superintendent or designee will ensure that the core academic curriculum is reviewed periodically and as required by Policy 5420.
D. The following will apply to the District’s curriculum and the courses and programs in which the
District’s curriculum is taught:
- American Sign Language
The District will grant high school credit in a foreign language to a student enrolled in high school who has satisfactorily completed a high school course offered in American Sign Language or who has attained proficiency in American Sign Language outside of a public or private high school curriculum.
2. Foreign Language
The District will grant high school credit in a foreign language to a student enrolled in high school who has demonstrated proficiency in a foreign language outside of a public or private high school curriculum. Proficiency may be demonstrated by a competency test or other criteria established by the Board.
3. Financial Literacy
The Board adopts the model curriculum approved by MDE for financial education throughout the curriculum for grades K‑12 in an effort to achieve financial literacy for District students through the teaching of personal financial management skills and the basic principles involved with earning, spending, saving, borrowing, and investing.
4. Online Learning
The curriculum will provide the basic level of technology and internet access required by the State Board to complete the online course or learning experience.
Legal Authority: MCL 333.7113a; MCL 380.1157b, 380.1165, 380.1166, 380.1166a(2), 380.1168, 380.1169, 380.1170a(4), 380.1170b, 380.1171, 380.1278, 380.1278a(1)(b), 380.1278a(2), 380.1278b, 380.1278c, 380.1279e, 380.1280a, 380.1473, 380.1502, 380.1507, 380.1507a, 380.1507b
Date adopted: 08/09/2021
Date revised: 07/16/2024
