9700 Relations with Special Interest Groups
9700 - FUND-RAISING BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Charitable organizations are defined as any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, not-for-profit or charitable group, association, corporation, or organization proposed to be such, which solicits and collects funds for charitable purposes.
The following criteria will be used in order to ensure equitable consideration of all requests by charitable organizations or groups to solicit funds on District premises. In this context, fund-raising shall also include solicitation of clothing, foodstuffs, or other products.
A. The purpose of the fund-raising is to help alleviate an economic, health, cultural, educational, or social need in the school community area.
B. The funds are not used for religious or political purposes.
Charitable organizations are defined as any benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, not-for-profit or charitable group, association, corporation, or organization proposed to be such, which solicits and collects funds for charitable purposes.
The following criteria will be used in order to ensure equitable consideration of all requests by charitable organizations or groups to solicit funds on District premises. In this context, fund-raising shall also include solicitation of clothing, foodstuffs, or other products.
A. The purpose of the fund-raising is to help alleviate an economic, health, cultural, educational, or social need in the school community area.
B. The funds are not used for religious or political purposes.
9700 - RELATIONS WITH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Any request from civic institutions, charitable organizations, or special interest groups which involve such activities as patriotic functions, contests, exhibits, sales of products to and by students, sending promotional materials home with students, graduation prizes, fund raising, and free teaching materials must be carefully reviewed to ensure that such activities promote student interests without advancing the special interests of any particular group.
It is the policy of the Board of Education that students, staff members, and District facilities not be used for advertising or promoting the interests of any nonschool agency or organization, public or private, without the approval of the Board or its delegated representative; and any such approval, granted for whatever cause or group, shall not be construed as an endorsement of said cause or group by this Board.
A. Political/Commercial Interests
All materials or activities proposed by outside political or commercial sources for student or staff use or participation shall be reviewed by the District Administrator on the basis of their educational contribution to part or all of the school program, benefit to students, good taste and no such approval shall have the primary purpose of advancing the name, product, or special interest of the proposing group.
The Board shall permit the use of educational materials, programs, and equipment which contains commercial messages providing the content of such messages and the manner of presentation has been approved by the District Administrator and is in compliance with the District's administrative guidelines.
Outside speakers representing commercial organizations will be welcome only when the commercial aspect is limited to naming the organization represented and the subject matter advances the educational aims of the District.
B. Contests/Exhibits
The Board recognizes that contests, exhibits, and the like may benefit individual students or the District as a whole, but participation in such special activities may not:
Any request from civic institutions, charitable organizations, or special interest groups which involve such activities as patriotic functions, contests, exhibits, sales of products to and by students, sending promotional materials home with students, graduation prizes, fund raising, and free teaching materials must be carefully reviewed to ensure that such activities promote student interests without advancing the special interests of any particular group.
It is the policy of the Board of Education that students, staff members, and District facilities not be used for advertising or promoting the interests of any nonschool agency or organization, public or private, without the approval of the Board or its delegated representative; and any such approval, granted for whatever cause or group, shall not be construed as an endorsement of said cause or group by this Board.
A. Political/Commercial Interests
All materials or activities proposed by outside political or commercial sources for student or staff use or participation shall be reviewed by the District Administrator on the basis of their educational contribution to part or all of the school program, benefit to students, good taste and no such approval shall have the primary purpose of advancing the name, product, or special interest of the proposing group.
The Board shall permit the use of educational materials, programs, and equipment which contains commercial messages providing the content of such messages and the manner of presentation has been approved by the District Administrator and is in compliance with the District's administrative guidelines.
Outside speakers representing commercial organizations will be welcome only when the commercial aspect is limited to naming the organization represented and the subject matter advances the educational aims of the District.
B. Contests/Exhibits
The Board recognizes that contests, exhibits, and the like may benefit individual students or the District as a whole, but participation in such special activities may not:
1. make unreasonable demands upon the time and energies of staff or students or upon the resources of the District;
2. interrupt the regular school program without approval of the District Administrator;
3. involve any direct cost to the District.
2. interrupt the regular school program without approval of the District Administrator;
3. involve any direct cost to the District.
C. Distribution/Posting of Literature
No outside organization or staff member or student representing an outside organization may distribute or post literature on that organization's behalf on District property either during or after school hours without the permission and prior review of the District Administrator.
The District Administrator shall establish administrative guidelines which ensure that:
No outside organization or staff member or student representing an outside organization may distribute or post literature on that organization's behalf on District property either during or after school hours without the permission and prior review of the District Administrator.
The District Administrator shall establish administrative guidelines which ensure that:
1. no materials from any profit-making organization are distributed for students to take home to their parents; unless authorized by the District Administrator;
2. the time, place, and manner of distribution of all nonschool-related materials is clearly established and communicated.
2. the time, place, and manner of distribution of all nonschool-related materials is clearly established and communicated.
D. Solicitation of Funds
Any outside organization or staff member representing an outside organization desiring to solicit funds on school property must receive permission to do so from the District Administrator.
Permission to solicit funds will be granted only to those organizations or individuals who meet the permission criteria established in the District's administrative guidelines. Solicitation must take place at such times and places and in such a manner as specified in the administrative guidelines. In accordance with Board Policy 5830, no District student may participate in the solicitation without the District Administrator's approval.
Any outside organization or staff member representing an outside organization desiring to solicit funds on school property must receive permission to do so from the District Administrator.
Permission to solicit funds will be granted only to those organizations or individuals who meet the permission criteria established in the District's administrative guidelines. Solicitation must take place at such times and places and in such a manner as specified in the administrative guidelines. In accordance with Board Policy 5830, no District student may participate in the solicitation without the District Administrator's approval.
The Board disclaims all responsibility for the protection of, or accounting for, such funds.
Solicited funds are not to be deposited in any regular or special accounts of the District.
This policy does not apply to the raising of funds for District-sponsored or school-sponsored activities.
Solicited funds are not to be deposited in any regular or special accounts of the District.
This policy does not apply to the raising of funds for District-sponsored or school-sponsored activities.
E. Prizes/Scholarships/Other Awards
The Board is appreciative of the generosity of organizations which offer scholarships, prizes, or other awards to deserving students in this District.
In the administration of scholarships, prizes, or other awards, the District shall not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability.
Administration of award programs appropriately designated under this policy to benefit individuals in a particular group that has not traditionally been represented does not violate this policy.
It will be the District's practice to provide all outside agencies and organizations notification of the nondiscrimination policy in awarding prizes, scholarships, or other aids, benefits, or services.
In accepting the offer of such scholarships or prizes, the Board directs that these guidelines be observed:
No information either academic or personal shall be released from the student's record for the purpose of selecting a scholarship or prize winner without the permission of the parents.
The Board is appreciative of the generosity of organizations which offer scholarships, prizes, or other awards to deserving students in this District.
In the administration of scholarships, prizes, or other awards, the District shall not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability.
Administration of award programs appropriately designated under this policy to benefit individuals in a particular group that has not traditionally been represented does not violate this policy.
It will be the District's practice to provide all outside agencies and organizations notification of the nondiscrimination policy in awarding prizes, scholarships, or other aids, benefits, or services.
In accepting the offer of such scholarships or prizes, the Board directs that these guidelines be observed:
No information either academic or personal shall be released from the student's record for the purpose of selecting a scholarship or prize winner without the permission of the parents.
F. Surveys and Questionnaires
Neither District-related nor nondistrict-related organizations shall be allowed to administer a survey or questionnaire to students or staff unless the instrument and the proposed plan is submitted, in advance, to the District Administrator. If approved, a copy of the results and the proposed manner of their communication are to be provided to him/her for review and approval before they are released. No minor student shall be required to participate in a survey unless written consent is given by the student's parents. (See Policy 2416 - Surveys, Analyses, Evaluations.)
118.125, Wis. Stats.
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Neither District-related nor nondistrict-related organizations shall be allowed to administer a survey or questionnaire to students or staff unless the instrument and the proposed plan is submitted, in advance, to the District Administrator. If approved, a copy of the results and the proposed manner of their communication are to be provided to him/her for review and approval before they are released. No minor student shall be required to participate in a survey unless written consent is given by the student's parents. (See Policy 2416 - Surveys, Analyses, Evaluations.)
118.125, Wis. Stats.
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