A minority report was also submitted.Īt a regularly scheduled public meeting on Januthe defendants, by a majority vote, approved a list of 1275 textbooks for use in the high schools and they disapproved the following ten books: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Exorcist by William P. That committee met publicly, solicited comments from the public, and submitted a report on January 6, 1976. In January, 1975, the defendants formed a committee of teachers, students, parents and school board members, called the "High School Language Arts Text Evaluation Committee" to review text material. Colorado also has a compulsory attendance law which requires all persons to attend public schools from age seven to their sixteenth birthday, with certain statutory exceptions. With some exceptions, which are not relevant here, local school districts in Colorado are autonomous in the control and management of their public schools through twelfth grade. In Colorado, school board members are elected at regularly scheduled elections for fixed terms of office, and they are also subject to recall at a special election initiated by petition.
The individual defendants are the incumbent members of the Board of Education governing Adams-Arapahoe School District 28-J. All of these teachers use group and class discussion of the books and poems read by the students. The others teach the same courses but assign most of the reading, with some electives. Three of the plaintiffs have structured these courses to permit the students to select almost all of the material to be read, individually.
The plaintiffs have taught or are teaching elective courses designated as "Contemporary Literature," "Contemporary Poetry," and "American Masters" for eleventh and twelfth grade students, using contemporary literature and poetry as course material. This case has been submitted on stipulated facts with both plaintiffs and defendants moving for summary judgment.Įach of the plaintiffs is a senior high school English teacher employed by the defendant school district under a tenure system established by state statute. Caldwell, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., for defendants.
Brett, Boulder, Colo., for plaintiffs.Įugene F. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the ADAMS-ARAPAHOE SCHOOL DISTRICT 28-J, AURORA, COLORADO, et al., Defendants.
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