1140

Policy

Community Relations

Use of Students

Students will be permitted and encouraged to participate in the collection and dissemination of information about the school, or in fund-raising activities for school-approved projects, when participation is consistent with the educational programs of the school.

The involvement of students enrolled in the school in promoting the interests of any commercial, political, or other non-school agency, individual, or organization is expressly prohibited as a school-based or school-sponsored activity.

Final determinations regarding the use of students shall be made by the superintendent of schools.

Adopted: October 04 1983

Revised: November 20, 1989

1140

Regulation

Community Relations

Use of Students

The distribution of materials through students which promotes the interests of any commercial, political or other non-school, agency, individual or organization is expressly prohibited. This prohibition shall include sending fliers home with students, making announcements at school through school communications systems, allowing a speaker or spokesman visit with students or other manner of promoting commercial, political or other non-school, agency, individual or organization.

The Superintendent or building Principals may, however, announce verbally or in written form about community activities involving youth as long as that announcement is prepared by the Superintendent or building Principal and involves an activity for youth. Written announcements shall carry a disclaimer statement indicating that the activity is not sponsored or endorsed by the school district but that the district is merely distributing the information as a courtesy and public service to parents and children. Community events for youth may also be posted provided that the activity is supervised by adults and is not an illegal activity. All posting of community events shall be approved by the building Principal or Superintendent and shall contain a disclaimer that the activity is not a school sponsored activity.

The Superintendent or building Principal may use or distribute educational materials which contain advertising as long as the primary intent of the distribution is to promote an educational objective. Educational materials shall not be distributed which require a student to purchase a product in order to take advantage of the material or which contains advertising that in the Superintendent's or building Principal's opinion is not in the best interests of youth.

Nothing in this policy shall prohibit the district or its employees from:

a) providing students with a free product as a prize or reward or in order to assist in meeting educational objectives,

b) participating in political activities, having political speakers or engaging in a discussion of political activities as a part of social studies class or other class when the activity is a part of the educational objective,

c) promoting a product in order to raise funds for a class or organization or as a part of an educational objective in a business class or club,

d) providing students an opportunity to purchase school mementos such as pictures, rings and graduation announcements.