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SPEAKERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT SCHOOL FUNCTIONS
The Bonneville Joint School District No. 93 encourages the use of outside speakers
when the speaker's program is educationally sound, consistent with the curriculum, and
follows District policies and procedures.
Guidelines
1. All speakers must be invited with the school principal's approval.
2. If the subject is controversial the principal may also decide to engage speakers for
both sides of the issue(s).
3. In no instance shall a speaker who is known to advocate unconstitutional or illegal
acts or procedures be permitted to address the students.
4. Parents will be given the option to remove their student from certain discussions,
and an alternative assignment will be given if the speaker is to address a classroom.
Controversial Speakers
1. The Board recognizes that visiting speakers may be of specific persuasions and that
their topics may be controversial. If they are prohibited from speaking because of
their points of view, academic freedom is endangered.
2. Students need to examine issues upon which there is disagreement and to practice
analyzing problems, gathering and organizing facts, discriminating between facts
and opinions, discussing differing viewpoints and drawing tentative conclusions.
3. The Board also recognizes that many topics are not suitable for younger or less
mature students.
4. When correctly handled, the use of controversial speakers becomes an invaluable
component in accomplishing the goals of citizenship education. However, this places
a serious responsibility on the professional staff members to correctly structure the
learning situation involving a speaker.
Adopted 03 -09 -2005 Reviewed
Revised
Legal Reference: I.C. § 33 -512 Governance of schools
Bonneville Joint School District No. 93