2430 - DISTRICT-SPONSORED CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

Switzerland of Ohio Local School District

Administrative Guidelines

2430 - DISTRICT-SPONSORED CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

Since the policy of the Board of Education is to maintain a co-curricular activities program sufficiently varied to meet the wide range of vocational, recreational, social, and cultural needs and interests of the students, all students should be urged to join at least one (1) club or activity.

	A.	Existing Clubs or Activities
		At the start of the school year, all students should be provided with information on existing clubs, and all co-curricular and extra-curricular activities and encouraged to participate.
	B.	New Activities
		All new activities shall be approved in the following manner:

Requests for new activities should be submitted to the principal and contain the following:

			a.	purpose and rationale
			b.	intended outcomes for students
			c.	participation
			d.	plan of operation
			e.	costs
			f.	persons in charge

		2.	The Superintendent will review each request and either reject or submit each for Board approval.
		3.	Upon approval, an activity will be listed as a part of the co-curricular or extra-curricular program, and its fiscal account established by the District Treasurer.

	C.	Fiscal Compliance
		Both co-curricular and extra-curricular activities need to comply with financial and bookkeeping controls established by the District Treasurer.
		Each activity advisor is to provide the Principal with a periodic update on the fiscal status of the activity.
	D.	Operating Guidelines
		The principal shall prepare and publish operating procedures for all co-curricular/extra-curricular activities which ensure that:

		1.	students participate in ways that do not interfere with their academic programs;
		2.	the safety and welfare of the students is adequately safeguarded;
		3.	all activities have proper faculty planning, direction, and supervision;
		4.	faculty members work cooperatively so that some activities do not interfere with the operations of others;
		5.	each activity is assessed continuously relative to its stated purpose and goals;
		6.	building facilities and equipment are being used safely and as intended, and being maintained in proper condition.
		7.	students educated at home or enrolled in a nonpublic school who are permitted to participate in a District extra-curricular activity fulfill the same academic, nonacademic, and financial requirements as any other participant, and are not charged any fees in excess of those fees charged to other students who participate in the same extra-curricular activity - See Policy 9270.

Eligibility Requirements

All students who participate in interscholastic athletics shall meet the eligibility requirements described in the Student Handbook.

Eligibility requirements for participation in other activities shall be specified in the student handbooks as applicable.

No student who has been absent for a school day may participate in an extra-curricular activity scheduled for the afternoon or evening of that school day without the approval of the Principal.

No student may practice or compete in intramural or interscholastic athletics until the student submits a form signed by his/her parent or guardian, or by a person having care or charge of the student, affirming that each has received a concussion and head injury information sheet as prepared by the Ohio Department of Health. (See Form 2431 F1 and Form 2431 F2 or Ohio Department of Health forms.)

R.C. 3313.539