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9211 - DISTRICT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
The Board of Education appreciates the efforts of all organizations whose objectives are to enhance the educational experiences of District students, to help meet educational needs of students, and/or provide extra educational benefits not provided for, at the time, by the Board.
These needs may be educational to parents and/or children. In addition to parents, membership shall be available to the District's professional staff.
The Board recognizes that parent-teacher organizations and other school-related community organizations are channels through which school personnel, parents, and other citizens may discuss educational concerns, problems, and needs and work together toward solutions.
The District Administrator shall approve in-District fund-raising activities of a volunteer group as well as fund-raising activities held off-premises which involve students
and require that for any fundraisers by District support organizations that involve the sale to students of food items and/or beverages that will be consumed on campus, the food and/or beverages items to be sold comply with the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Smart Snack Rules.Each volunteer organization shall work within the appropriate school setting and in cooperation with the District Administrator and other staff members. Each volunteer organization will prepare and present quarterly beginning in September a summary of fund raising activities. Likewise, a summary of anticipated allocations and expenditures for equipment, materials, and/or programs will be presented to the Board prior to actually making any commitments.
The District Administrator shall implement administrative guidelines that will require each group's fund-raising activities are in compliance with all applicable Board policies, including, but not limited to, the requirement that, if approved, fundraisers that involve the sale to students of food items or beverages to be consumed on campus can only be conducted from thirty (30) minutes following the close of the last lunch period until thirty (30) minutes after the
end of the school day. The guidelines shall also require that the funds are used for school-related projects that have the approval of the District Administrator and the Principal.All support grounds will abide by the policies of the Board including Policy 7230.
Revised 6/16/04
Revised 4/18/15
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