Code: IGDH
Amity School District 4J
Adopted: 5/9/90
Contests for Students
The district will cooperate with individuals, community organizations and agencies desiring to sponsor contests in keeping with the purposes and educational aims of the school when such activities can be integrated into the school program without disruption or loss of instructional time for the student and without imposing an unreasonable added work load on the staff. Participation by students in contests must be approved by the principal.
The activity sponsor will be responsible for the preparation and circulation of all informational materials and for other administrative work required in the grading, judging or evaluation of the participants’ work.
The following statement will be a guide in determining participation in contests:
- The primary educational aims of the school and the needs and interests of the students must be a consideration at all times;
- The school must not be used to promote private or commercial interests;
- The school must not be used for direct sales promotion of individual competitive goods or services;
- All materials or activities initiated by private sources must be judged on grounds of their direct contribution to educational values, factual accuracy and good taste.
END OF POLICY
Legal Reference(s):
OAR 137-025-0020 to -0530
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