JCBE/POLICY FILE: 348.911

Approved: 2/17/77

Revised: 7/23/81

FUND RAISING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY

The Jefferson County Board of Education recognizes that citizens, students, Board personnel and other persons may wish to express support for a particular school, the County Board of Education in general, or for a civic or social organization in the name of the Board by conducting fund-raising drives. The Board respects such expressions of concern and support. It also requires that such fund-raising projects be conducted so that they do not interfere with educational objectives or community standards.

Because the Board's first responsibility is to the educational development of each student, it requires that fund-raising contests or activities which interfere with the student's instructional program may not be held in school buildings or on school grounds during the school day.

Activities such as games of chance or raffles may not be conducted or sponsored in school buildings or on school grounds. Students may not participate at school in the purchase or sales of tickets for raffles or other activities which do not comply with federal, state and local gaming laws; nor may students participate in any such activity conducted on behalf of the school, any school support group, PTA, a school club or organization at school or in the community.

Fund-raising activities should not interfere with the school's nutrition program.

Any school club or organization regulated by local school rules must request and receive permission from the principal to engage in a fundraising activity. Plans for such activities should be made well in advance of the event and the total fund-raising efforts in a school must not be a burden or nuisance to students, faculty, parents or the community. The request shall be in writing by the club or organization's sponsor.