Chippewa Valley Schools
Bylaws & Policies
 

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 Superintendent/designee 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 not permit the use of any type of educational material, program, or equipment in its curricular, co-curricular, or extra-curricular activities or at any time during the school day if such materials, programs, or equipment contain partisan political or commercial messages or are designed to persuade students or staff members to acquire a particular product or service offered by a named individual, company, organization, association, or agency. Professional staff may, however, utilize political materials or those provided by special interest-groups in adopted courses of study with the approval of the principal.

 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.have the primary effect of advancing a special product, group, or company;
  2.make unreasonable demands upon the time and energies of staff or students or upon the resources of the District;
  3.interrupt the regular school program;
  4.involve any direct cost to the District;
  5.cause the participants to leave the School District, unless the Board's Policy 2340 - Field and Other District-Sponsored Trips has been complied with in all aspects; and the parents of a minor student have granted their permission.
 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 Superintendent and/or designee.
 

The Superintendent shall establish administrative guidelines.
 D.Solicitation of Funds
  Because the District cannot accommodate every organization that desires to solicit funds for worthy purposes, solicit funds from school personnel shall be limited to professional organizations and the United Foundation. Any additional contributions should be handled personally and should not be charged through the District.
 E.Prizes/Scholarships

The Board is appreciative of the generosity of organizations which offer scholarships or prizes to deserving students in this District. But, in accepting the offer of such scholarships or prizes, the Board directs that these guidelines be observed:

  1.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 student who is eighteen (18), or the parents of a student who is younger in accordance with the Board's policy on student records.
  2.The type of scholarship or prize, the criteria for selection of the winner, and any restrictions upon it shall be approved by the Superintendent/designee.