ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES INVOLVING STAFF, STUDENTS OR SCHOOL FACILITIES
Relations Between Public and Students

Soliciting Funds from and by Students

All schools shall earnestly endeavor to educate pupils about the services performed by humanitarian agencies, and shall encourage pupils to participate in their financial support as a social and community project, but no fund-raising drives are to be conducted by nonschool agencies or for non-school activities involving school children.

No teacher employed by St. Louis Public School shall, for any purpose whatsoever, solicit, exact, or receive from any pupil any contribution or gift of money or article of value. Excepting the sale of school lunches, and approved school activity sales, no articles shall be sold or offered for sale to pupils on any public school premises, nor shall any articles be sold through the agency of pupils in the schools. An approved school activity sale is defined for purposes of this policy as one which contributes to the general school program and is approved by the principal. No teacher shall for private gain solicit or receive from the pupils subscriptions for any newspaper, periodical, or magazine, or act as agent directly or indirectly for the distribution of such publication; nor shall any teacher, at any time other than during the regular summer vacation, accept any fee or gift for the tutoring of any child regularly under his/her instruction.

References

cf: P1314 and R1314 Soliciting Funds on School Premises

Policy adopted: June 26, 1990

Revised: February 9, 1999

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ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULATION

COMMUNITY RELATIONS
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES INVOLVING STAFF, STUDENTS OR SCHOOL FACILITIES
Relations Between Public and Students

Soliciting Funds from and by Students

The administration supports the belief that materials deemed necessary for the teaching learning situation should be underwritten by the Board of Education.

Minor, in-school fund-raising events for school programs or activities are permissible with the principal’s approval. All community fund-raising activities for school programs or activities shall be recommended by the principal and approved by the appropriate associate superintendent.

No employee of the school district is permitted to use his/her position in soliciting children or parents in projects which involve the expenditure of money whether for books, services, summer camp attendance, or anything else.

Solicitation of Commercial Articles

Except as part of the regular school program, principals shall not permit the solicitation for sale or the sale of any commercial articles (such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweaters, candy, food items, etc.) on school premises unless the activity is sponsored and conducted by the local parent, student, or staff organization of the school and has been approved by the principal.

Any sale of food items must have prior approval of the food and nutrition services division to guarantee compliance with established health standards and to avoid reduced student participation in the nutritional food service program sponsored by the board. For the activity to be approved, the proceeds must be used for the benefit of a school program or activity. Principals should not approve such sales by an organization when they feel that the financial arrangement contemplated is unfair to either students or the organization.

References

cf: P1314 and R1314 Soliciting Funds on School Premises

Regulation approved: June 26, 1990

Revised: February 9, 1999