Policy 612 - Student Travel
I. Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance for overnight student travel.
II. General Statement of Policy
A. The School Board recognizes the educational value of carefully developed foreign travel study programs and supplementary trips in which students and members of the professional staff are involved. It encourages development of and participation in such programs where the instructional advantages are clear and can be balanced favorably against factors of safety, personal costs, and time away from other responsibilities. Programs which take students away for more than five days of regular school attendance should not be approved except in most unusual circumstances. The superintendent is directed to establish regulations regarding travel study programs.
Adoption and Amendment History
- Adopted: December 9, 1996
- Amended: July 12, 1999
- Amended: November 10, 2003
- Amended: July 12, 2004
- Amended: April 9, 2007
- Amended: June 10, 2019
- Last Reviewed: June 10, 2019