Perry Local School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

6610 - STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND

It is the purpose of this policy to establish financial controls for the administration of the normal, legitimate co-curricular activities of the student body organization which promote the general welfare, education, and morale of all students.

The Board of Education recognizes the need for various groups and activities to generate and expend funds in the course of the operation of the group activities. Since the Ohio Revised Code and procedure of the Ohio Auditor's Office require careful accounting of the receipt and expenditure of such funds, all fiscal operations of groups and activities are to be in conformance with the following requirements:
 A.The Board delegates the responsibility for the development and control of Activity Programs to the Superintendent of School and the establishment and functioning of the Activity Fund to the Treasurer.

B. The Board directs the Superintendent of Schools and the Treasurer to develop and disseminate Activity Fund Guidelines incorporating requirements of the appropriate sections of the Ohio Revised Code and the directives of the Auditor of the State of Ohio. The Superintendent of Schools and the Treasurer shall review the Activity Fund Guidelines annually prior to September 1 and revise as necessary to keep them in compliance with current directives.
 C.The Board recognizes that well balanced and effectively administered student activity programs will stimulate student growth and development by supplementing and enriching curricular activities. These student activity programs shall provide varied opportunities for students to grow in areas such as leadership, group interaction, individual responsibility and management, project organization and completion and social development.

 D.The Board authorizes the Treasurer to act on its behalf to review and approve each expenditure from a student activity fund prior to disbursement. In approving an expenditure, the Treasurer shall ensure that it is related to achieving one or more of the stated purposes for which the student activity has been organized. A charitable donation may be made to an organization or individual in accordance with the Treasurer's guidelines for activity fund expenditures. An expenditure shall not be approved if it accrues to the personal benefit of a member of the staff or a member of the student group. Monies are not to be disbursed to a school class or group for any activity or event that will occur after the students have graduated.

 E.The Superintendent shall implement administrative guidelines which will ensure that all student activity funds are managed, recorded, and deposited in accordance with law and sound fiscal practice.

The student activity program fund includes activities which have students involved in the management of the program. These student-managed programs exist to promote the general welfare, education and morals of all students and to finance the normal legitimate co-curricular activities of student body organization.

R.C. 9.39, 3313.47, 3313.51, 3313.53, 3315.01, 3315.062
R.C. 3315.12, 3315.14, 3317.024, 5705.41, 5705.412
A.C. 117-2-18, 117-2-20

Revised 12/10/91
Revised 9/23/97