Intellectual Freedom Committee
Sample Letters
Here are some sample letters to use during the Request for Reconsideration process:
Public Libraries
- http://library.sau.edu/jpollitz/forms.htm
(from library director, pre request for reconsideration) - http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/if4.htm#sample
(from a board, with decision to retain)
Schools
- http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Dealing_with_Challenges
&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&
ContentID=11173#samplelet
(pre request for reconsideration) - http://www.hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/media/Procedures%20
Manual%202003.pdf
(decision to retain; see p. 22) - http://www.fsus.fsu.edu/departments/weeks/teacher/
challengedmaterials.doc
(decision to retain) - http://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/sdhc/dept/BITS/mediahandbook/sections/
D1mater.htm#i
(complete process)
Generic
- http://www.usd.edu/sdla/freedom.html#letter
(pre-request for consideration) - http://www.vla.org/IFC/IFC_MANUAL99-ver3.htm#SampleResponseLetter
(decision to retain)