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9211 - DISTRICT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
The Board of Education appreciates the efforts of all organizations whose objectives are to enhance the educational experiences of District students, to help meet educational needs of students, and/or provide extra educational benefits not provided for, at the time, by the Board.
These needs may be educational to parents and/or children. In addition to parents, membership shall be available to the District's professional staff.
The Board recognizes that parent-teacher organizations and other school-related community organizations are channels through which school personnel, parents, and other citizens may discuss educational concerns, problems, and needs and work together toward solutions.
The Superintendent shall appoint a committee to be known as the District-Community Liaison Committee. It may consist of the Superintendent, Board members, appropriate administrators, and members of support organizations. The committee's purpose is to:
| A. | review the objectives of each volunteer group to determine that relevant educational needs are being addressed; | |
| B. | provide assistance to a group in planning its activities; | |
| C. | monitor the plans and activities of each group to ensure compliance with laws, Board policies, and the Superintendent's administrative guidelines; | |
| D. | communicate school and/or District needs and concerns to the volunteer groups and those of the groups to the Board; | |
| E. | approve in-District fund-raising activities of a volunteer group; | |
| F. | recommend, for Superintendent approval, off-premises fund-raising activities which involve students; | |
| G. | establish and maintain procedures related to proposed monetary and other gifts to the District that will provide for proper screening, acceptance, acknowledgement, and use. |
Each volunteer organization shall work within the appropriate school setting and in cooperation with the principal and other staff members. Each group will submit its bylaws to the Committee for its approval and shall abide by the policies of the Board and the guidelines established by the Committee.
By the end of August of each year, each group shall submit its tentative goals and objectives along with its fund-raising plans for the next school year to the Superintendent for review by the Board. Should the goals and objectives or fund-raising plans change during the school year, the Superintendent is to be advised before any final revisions are made.
The Superintendent shall implement administrative guidelines which ensure that each group's fund-raising activities are in compliance with Board policies and that the funds are used for school-related projects that have the approval of the Superintendent and the principal.
The Superintendent shall ensure that the Board receives an annual accounting of each group's receipts and expenditures by no later than June 30th of each year.
Adopted 8/28/07