FILE:  DKA

Cf:  JHB

SCHOOL FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

School fund-raising projects and activities are a common source of revenue for schools and school organizations.  However, co-curricular, extracurricular, or club fund-raising activities shall be based on the evaluated needs of the group and shall be kept to a minimum.

Before allowing any fund-raising activities, the principal, faculty, and staff shall formulate a fund-raising policy for their school and inform the faculty of this policy.  All such activities shall be approved in advance by the principal of the school involved.

There shall be no off-campus door-to-door soliciting or sales involving students at any grade level, nor shall any fundraiser be allowed which entails physically collecting money from drivers along roads or at street intersections.  However, this shall not preclude other organized off-campus fund-raising activities done under the direct supervision of faculty, booster-groups or other adults, as approved by the principal.  Other special sales or solicitations for advertisements shall be conducted by phone or mail.  If personal visits are necessary, they shall be authorized to businesses ONLY and the students must be in groups of at least two (2).

There shall be no outside fund-raising agencies, such as United Way, Red Cross, March of Dimes, magazine publishing agencies, etc., allowed in the schools without specific Board approval for each activity each year.

Revised:  January 17, 2012

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:414.3, 24:515

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 1-17-12

Sabine Parish School Board