Adoption Date: 06/22/2021

History: 10/26/2021 Reviewed), 10/11/2022 (Reviewed), 9/26/23 (Reviewed), 9/10/24 (reviewed)

As a school corporation of Iowa, the Iowa City Community School District, acting through its board of directors, is dedicated to promoting an equal opportunity for a quality public education to its students. The board’s ability may be limited by the school district's ability and willingness to furnish financial support in cooperation with the student’s parents and the school district community. The board is also dedicated to providing the opportunity to develop a healthy social, intellectual, emotional, and physical self-concept in a learning environment that provides guidance to, and encourages critical thinking in, the students for a lifetime.

The board endeavors, through the dedication of the school district's resources, to encourage students who come to the school district from a variety of backgrounds, to look forward to the time when they will have jobs, homes, families, places in the school district community, and attain recognition as individuals. In order to achieve this goal, the board will seek qualified employees dedicated to development of their professional skills for the betterment of the education program and for the expertise for educational productivity.

Instruction and curriculum are the key elements of a public education. Critical thinking and problem solving skills that will assist the students' preparation for life is instructed as part of a sequentially coordinated curriculum. The school district strives to prepare students for employment, to discover and nurture creative talent and to prepare them to meet and cope with social change in an atmosphere conducive to learning. The school district is committed to leading with a lens of equity on all matters. The school district strongly believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to a successful educational experience for students. Creating an environment where differences are appreciated, valued, respected, and understood is critical to student success.

The support and involvement of the home and the school district community are essential to achieve educational excellence in the school district. The school district strives to maintain an active relationship with the home and the school district community to create within the students an awareness of dignity and worth of the individual, civic responsibility and respect for self and others.

Policy References:

Legal Reference:

Iowa Code §§ 256.11.

Cross Reference:

102          Equal Educational Opportunity
102.R1    Discrimination Complaint Process
102.E1    Annual Notice of Nondiscrimination
102.E2    Continuous Notice of Nondiscrimination
102.E3    Notice of Section 504 Student and Parental Rights
102.E4    Discrimination Complaint Form
102.E5    Witness Disclosure Form
102.E6    Disposition of Complaint Form
103         Long-Range Needs Assessment
103.R1   Long-Range Needs Assessment - Regulation
200.3      Responsibilities of the Board of Directors
209.1      Development of Policy
600         Goals and Objectives of the Education Program 
602.1      Curriculum Development
602.2      Curriculum Implementation
602.3      Curriculum Evaluation
603.11    Citizenship