GCQB March retire.pdf (52 KB)

​Boulder Valley School District​↵​ ​File:​​GCQB​¶​ ​Adopted: Prior to 1978​¶​ ​Revised: April __, 2026​¶​ ​¶​ ​¶​ ​PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING​​¶​ ​¶​ ​Copyright on Publication and Dissemination of School Materials​​¶​ ​¶​ ​It is the policy of the Boulder Valley School District to copyright selected educational materials​ ​that are developed by either District employees or others paid by the District for their services.​​¶​ ​Educational materials are defined as written, audiovisual, or manipulative materials used by​ ​administrators, teachers, or students.​​¶​ ​¶​ ​The objectives of this policy are to:​​¶​ ​1.​ ​Encourage employees of the Boulder Valley School District to make educational​ ​materials available for public use within and outside the District.​​¶​ ​2.​ ​Protect the District's primary role of educating students by regulating the involvement​ ​of employees in the development of educational materials.​​¶​ ​3.​ ​Protect the potential benefits of the District and its employees through the publication​ ​of new educational materials.​​¶​ ​4.​ ​Guarantee that copyrights issued and royalties received will be in the District's name​ ​and not in the name of the employee.​​¶​ ​¶​ ​However, nothing included herein alters the status of materials developed under federally​ ​funded programs, which are, by federal law, public property.​​¶​ ​¶​ ​It is not the purpose of this policy and its implementing regulations to discourage writing for​ ​professional journals on the employee'(s) own time. The intent is to clearly delineate between​ ​the development of educational materials and later writing about that development.​​¶​ ​It shall be the Superintendent's responsibility to implement the administration of this policy.​​¶​ ​¶​ ​CROSS REFERENCES​¶​ ​●​ ​GCQB-R - Professional Research and Publishing (Regulation)​¶​ ​●​ ​EGAAA- Duplication of Copyrighted Material​¶​ ​●​ ​IO - Educational Research​¶​