Field trips – properly planned, properly supervised, and properly integrated into the instructional program – are not to be considered "outings" or days off from school. They are, in fact, extensions of the curriculum and of the school plant.

Therefore, all field trips will be educational in nature and will be related to the subject matter and the objective of instruction at the particular grade level or subject area. Field trips are lessons, and are to be planned as such, with definite objectives determined in advance. Appropriate instructions should precede and follow each trip.

Extra and co-curricular trips are also educational in nature but are not directly related to an objective of instruction. These trips complement the School District’s educational mission.

The Superintendent is responsible for setting District-wide regulations for the conduct of school-sponsored trips, and each building principal will set rules for his/her school that comply with Board policy and such guidelines.

R.C. 3327.15
A.C. 3301-83-12, 3301-83-16(A)(B)(E)
Auditor of State Bulletin 2000-006