Policy 908 - Fundraising

The purpose of this policy is to help ensure successful fundraising activities within District schools.

1. Students will not be required to participate in fundraising activities.

2. All fundraising activities that involve students, employees, or school programs must be approved in advance by the school principal/designee or the Superintendent/designee. Hosting unapproved fundraising activities will be considered a violation of this policy.

3. All school-related fundraising activities will be carried out in a manner that will not result in embarrassment on the part of individual students, employees, individual schools, or the school district.

4. All policies and regulations pertaining to student and employee conduct and discipline shall extend to fundraising activities.

5. The number and timing of fundraising activities shall be coordinated by the school principal/designee in such a manner as to prevent them from becoming too numerous and overly burdensome on students, parents, employees, local business, and the general public.

6. The requesting student, parent, staff, and booster organization will ensure that proper accounting procedures are in place, that records will clearly indicate revenues and expenditures for each fundraising activity, and that measures for the safekeeping of monies are implemented.

7. All commercial electronic fundraising or use of the District’s web sites or e-mail systems will be limited to the school or schools involved and not broadcast district-wide unless approved by the Superintendent/designee.

8. Fundraising websites, such as Bonfire, Crowdfunding and GoFundMe, will not be used. Violators will be required to remove all websites and return monies collected to the donor.

• Adopted: August 9, 1999
• Amended: July 9, 2007
• Amended: October 12, 2015
• Amended: August 12, 2019
• Last Reviewed: June 9, 2025