The School Board encourages teachers to make judicious use of appropriate printed materials, sound recordings, and electronic programs in the curriculum. It recognizes, however, that Federal law, applicable to school corporations, protects authors and composers from the unauthorized use of their copyrighted work.

In order to define the fair and reasonable use that professional staff members may make of copyrighted works for educational purposes, without the permission of the copyright owner and to reduce the risk of copyright infringement, the Board directs the Superintendent to promulgate administrative guidelines regarding the copying and distribution of copyrighted materials for instructional purposes.

17 U.S.C. 101 et seq.