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 on balance such activities promote student.
It is the policy of the Board of Education that students, staff members, and District facilities not be used for commercial advertising or promoting the interests of any nonschool agency or organization, public or private, without the approval of the Board or its designee; 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.
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| | | All materials or activities proposed by outside political or commercial sources for student or staff use or participation shall be reviewed by the director on the basis of their benefit to students, and no such approval shall have the primary purpose of advancing the name, product, or special interest of the proposing group.
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| | | 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 Superintendent and is in compliance with the District's administrative guidelines.
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| | B. | Distribution/Posting of Literature
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| | | 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 director.
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| | | The Superintendent shall establish administrative guidelines which ensure that:
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| | | 1. | criteria established in Policy 5722 - Student Publications and Productions - are used to make a decision regarding materials that students seek to post or distribute;
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| | | 2. | no materials from any profit-making organization are distributed for students to take home to their parents.
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| | C. | Solicitation of Funds
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| | | 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 Superintendent.
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| | | Permission to solicit funds will be granted only to those organizations or individuals whose purposes are consonant with the goals of this District and the interests of the community and 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 Superintendent's approval.
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| | | The Board disclaims all responsibility for the protection of, or accounting for, such funds.
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| | | Solicited funds are not to be deposited in any regular or special accounts of the District.
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| | | This policy does not apply to the raising of funds for District-sponsored or school-sponsored activities.
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| | D. | Prizes/Scholarship
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| | | The Board of Education 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:
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| | | 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.
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| | | 2. | The type of scholarship or prize, the criteria for selection of the winner, and any restrictions upon it shall be approved by the director.
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| | E. | Surveys and Questionnaires
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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 Superintendent. 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.
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R.C. 3313.75-.78