LAUREL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT

 

Fund-Raising Activities                                                                                                                     Policy #5136

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The board of education recognizes the value of having pupils participate in fund-raising activities, both as individuals and as groups, in order to help defray the cost of certain non-curricular field trips, or other worthwhile programs, or in support of a board approved charitable cause.

 

For purposes of this policy, pupil fund raising shall include the solicitation and collection of money from pupils for any purpose and shall include the collection of money in exchange for tickets, papers or any other goods or services except those goods and services which are part of a board-approved program of the schools.

 

The board prohibits the collection of money in school or on school property or at any school- sponsored event by a pupil for personal benefit.  Collection of money by school organizations approved by the board shall be approved by the principal.  Collections by organizations outside the schools or by pupils on behalf of such organizations shall be approved by the chief school administrator.

 

The board shall not be responsible for the protection of or the accounting of funds collected from pupils by organizations outside the schools, by teaching staff members when not required to collect money for a board-approved purpose, and by school-connected organizations.  Funds raised by school sponsored activities shall be deposited in the proper district accounts.

 

There will be no door-to-door solicitations for Laurel Springs School District fund raising. 

 

First Reading:      February 2008

Adopted:

 

Legal References:               N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1                 General mandatory powers and duties

                                                N.J.S.A. 18A:19-14               Funds derived from pupil activities

                                                N.J.S.A. 18A:20-34               Use of schoolhouse and grounds for various

                                                                                                                purposes

                                                N.J.S.A. 18A:23-1                 Audit when and how made

                                                N.J.S.A. 18A:23-2                 Scope of audit

                                                N.J.S.A. 18A:54-20               Powers of board (county vocational schools)

                                                N.J.S.A. 52:14-15.9c1 et al   Public Employee Charitable Fund-raising Act

                                                N.J.A.C. 6:20-2.2(d)7            Records of cash receipt and cash expenditure

                                                                                                                accounts

                                                N.J.A.C. 6:20-2.3(b)8ii          Budget and cost distribution records

 

                                                Selfridge v. Kinnelon Board of Education, 1977 S.L.D. 522