KHA - Public Solicitations in the Schools

DUDLEY-CHARLTON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

POLICY - KHA

Public Solicitations in the Schools

The School Committee shall place limits on commercial activities and fund-raising activities in the schools for reasons including, but not limited to:

1. The school district should provide students, parents/guardians, and employees some measure of protection from exploitation by commercial and charitable fund-raising organizations.
2. The school district should not give the public the impression of generally endorsing or sanctioning commercial and fund-raising activities.
3. Commercial and fund-raising activities disrupt the school routine and cause loss of instructional time.

While at no time shall any outside party solicit students for any reason, in the rarest of rare circumstances; meaning only under exceptional, clearly justified conditions that provide a direct and substantial benefit to the school community, the Superintendent or designee may permit commercial or fund-raising activities when they are community-based and directly related to the mission of the schools, and only with the approval of the School Committee or as otherwise
authorized under applicable policy or regulation, with the following exceptions:

1. No direct solicitation of students or employees may take place without School Committee permission.
2. No general or class distribution of commercial or fund-raising literature may take place without School Committee permission.

For the purposes of this policy, local PTA and PTO groups and groups representing school district employees will be considered "school groups" and will be managed by building principals regarding staff solicitations.

LEGAL REF.: M.G.L. 44:53A