Mesa County Valley School District 51
KEC-E
PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT LIBRARY-MEDIA MATERIALS
Related: KEC, KEC-R
Adopted: May 21, 2024
The Board shall not permit any individual or group to exercise censorship over instructional materials and library collections but recognizes that, at times, a reevaluation of certain materials may be beneficial. Only parents of a student enrolled in the District, students enrolled in the District, residents of the District, official vendors conducting official business within the District, and/or employees of the District may file a formal complaint within the same school year that the incident or concern that is the subject of the complaint occurred. Any complaint filed outside of this timeline shall not be considered. All complaints shall address one item per complaint. Any complaints addressing more than one item will be rejected and the complainant will be required to resubmit their complaint. A formal complaint shall be written, dated and signed, and filed with the superintendent or their designee. Incomplete complaints will be rejected and the complainant will be required to resubmit their complaint. The District will follow the process set forth in policy KEC and its accompanying regulation, KEC-R when responding to a formal complaint.