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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 13A.09.10.13" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="10" heading="Type I Educational Program—Instructional Materials and Equipment/Library Media Collection.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Instructional Materials and Equipment.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A school shall maintain instructional materials and equipment of sufficient variety, quantity, and quality, and, at an appropriate range of reading levels, to implement its educational program in each curricular area for each age, grade, instructional program, or any combination of these, based on the classification of the educational program specified on the approval document of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The instructional materials and equipment shall be the property of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Instructional materials shall include print, manipulative, audiovisual, and electronic materials and related equipment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A school shall maintain a written inventory of instructional materials and equipment owned by the school to implement the educational program specified on the approval document of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A school shall maintain written policies and procedures for continual upgrading of its instructional materials and equipment.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Library Media Collection.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A school shall maintain a library media collection that includes sufficient variety, quantity, and quality of print and nonprint items, including electronic materials and related equipment, at appropriate reading levels to support and supplement its educational program in each curricular area for each age, grade, or instructional program, or a combination of these, based on the classification of the educational program specified on the approval document of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The library media collection is the property of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A school shall maintain a minimum quantity of library media materials and equipment based on its current enrollment as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Ten different items per student for a nursery school or kindergarten educational program, or both;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>500 different items for a school with 24 or fewer students;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>750 different items for a school with 25 to 75 students, or 20 items per student, whichever is greater; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>1,500 different items for a school with more than 75 students, or 20 items per student, whichever is greater.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A school shall classify and catalogue the library media collection in a manner that is appropriate for student use, and so that each item can be located and returned to the collection.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A new school shall have at least 1/3 of the required collection at the beginning of the first year of operation and a written plan that specifies the number of items, kinds of items, budget, and date for acquiring the remaining items not later than the beginning of the third year of operation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A school shall maintain a written inventory of the items in the library media collection owned by the school to support and supplement the educational program specified on the approval document of the school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A school shall maintain written policies and procedures for continual upgrading of items in its library media collection.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>