| Swartz Creek Community 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 |
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.
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 |
| 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. | cause the participants to leave the School District, unless the Board's Policy 2340 - Field and Other District-sponsored trips has been complied within all aspects. |
| 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.
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The Superintendent shall establish administrative guidelines which ensure that: |
| 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; | ||
| 2. | the school mail system is not used by students or staff for distribution of unappropriate materials. |
| 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 Superintendent. |
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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 Superintendent's approval. |
The Board disclaims all responsibility for the protection of, or accounting for, such funds.
A copy of this policy as well as the relevant administrative guidelines shall be given to any individual granted permission to solicit funds on District property.
| E. | Surveys and Questionnaires |