Supplemental textbook means any medium or material used to reinforce or extend a basic program of instruction. The board of trustees of a local school district shall establish written procedures for the selection of supplemental textbooks and the resources to be used in a media center. The initial set of written procedures required by subsection 1 must be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction for his approval. Thereafter, the written procedures for selection must be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction for approval at least once every 5 years, and whenever subsequent modification is proposed by the board of trustees. Employees of the school district and employees of each media center share the primary responsibility for the selection of resources to be used in the media center.
Teachers have the primary responsibility for the selection of supplemental textbooks.
The supplemental textbooks and resources for use in a media center that have been selected for use in a school are subject to the approval of the principal of that school. That the materials be selected after reference to standard sources of critical reviews, including, but not limited to, the School Library Journal, Booklist, The Elementary School Library Collection , and the Wilson series of library catalogs. NAC 390.140 Review and reconsideration of selection of materials that are challenged. Each school district shall include in its written procedures for the selection of supplemental textbooks and the resources to be used in media centers a procedure for reviewing and reconsidering the selection of materials that are challenged. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, such a procedure must provide that the complainant first submit the complaint to the principal of the school for which the challenged materials have been selected.