CODE: 1140
SECTION: COMMUNITY RELATIONS
DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS BY PUPILS AND STAFF
Material being sent home with pupils should relate to school matters or pupil-related community activities. All such material must be approved in advance by the Superintendent or designee, except when it pertains only to an individual pupil. This includes all, but is not limited to, organizations, private enterprises, profit or non for profit, Township Government Departments, parent groups, and booster clubs, which must gain approval before items are sent home with pupils.
The only exception to this policy is monthly newsletters published by PTA/PTO groups which should be approved by the building principal.
Pupils shall not distribute partisan materials or partisan information pertaining to a school or general election, budget or bond issue, or negotiations. Pupils shall not be exploited for the benefit of any individual, group, or profit-making organization.
No staff member may distribute any materials unrelated to classroom instruction on school property without prior approval of the Superintendent.
All surveys, questionnaires, or other similar items requiring pupil or parent/guardian response shall be reviewed and approved by the Superintendent or designee prior to distribution.
First Reading: June 25, 2002
Adopted: July 23, 2002