Academic Freedom

File: IB

The board seeks to educate young people in the democratic tradition, to foster a recognition of individual freedom and social responsibility, to inspire meaningful awareness of and respect for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Freedom of individual conscience, association, and expression shall be encouraged and fairness in procedures shall be observed both to safeguard the legitimate interests of the schools and to exhibit by appropriate examples the basic objectives of a democratic society as set forth in the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Washington.

Current practice codified 1988


Adopted:
05/07/90

CONTRACT REF.:
Lake Washington Education Association Agreement, Article XIII, sec. 9 and Article XVII, generally.

CROSS REF.:
Teaching About Religion (IGAC and regulation IGAC-R)

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