The student council provides for student activities, serves as a training experience for student leaders, promotes the common good, gives students a share in the management of the school district, develops high ideals of personal conduct, acts as a clearing house for student activities, seeks to interest students in school district affairs and helps solve problems that may arise. Members of the council are student representatives who have direct access to the administration.

The principal, in conjunction with the students and licensed employees, shall set forth the guidelines for the student government's elections, operations, and other elements of the government.

Approved:  7-1-92     
Reviewed:  12-12-94, 12-08-97, 01-08-01, 11-10-03, 11-13-06, 02-10-03, 1-15-13, 7-13-15
Revised:  4-10-23                                                                                  

Secondary school student initiated, non-curriculum-related groups and student curriculum-related groups, upon receiving permission from the principal, may use school district facilities for group meetings during non-instructional time.

Non-instructional time shall mean any time before the first period of the day and after the last period of the day in which any student attends class. Meetings shall not interfere with the orderly conduct of the education program or other school district operations. It shall be within the discretion of the principal to determine whether the meetings will interfere with the orderly conduct of the education program or other school district operations. Activities relating to and part of the education program shall have priority over the activities of another organization.

Curriculum-Related Organizations

It shall also be the responsibility of the principal to determine whether a student group is curriculum-related.  One or more of the following questions will be answered affirmatively if the group is curriculum-related:

• Is the subject matter of the group actually taught in a regularly offered course?
• Will the subject matter of the group soon be taught in a regularly offered course?
• Does the subject matter of the group concern the body of courses as a whole?
• Is participation in the group required for a particular course?
• Does participation in the group result in academic credit?

Secondary school curriculum-related student organizations may use the school district facilities for meetings and other purposes before and after the instructional school day.  Employees shall be assigned to monitor approved meetings and may interact with curriculum-related organizations.

Non-Curriculum Related Organizations

Student initiated, non-curriculum related organizations shall be provided access to meeting space and school district facilities.

Only students may attend and participate in meetings of non-curriculum-related groups.  Such attendance shall be strictly voluntary and student-initiated. As a means of determining whether a student's attendance is voluntary, the principal may require parental consent for the student to attend the meetings.

Employees will be assigned to monitor approved meetings.  Employees shall not participate in the meeting or assist in planning, criticizing or encouraging attendance.    Only students may be involved in and attend the non-curriculum group’s meetings.

Approved:  07-01-92             
Reviewed:  12-12-94, 12-08-97, 01-08-01, 11-10-03, 11-13-06, 02-10-10, 01-13-13, 7-13-15
Revised:  4-10-23

Students, as part of the education program, may participate in contests or other public and private events approved by the superintendent that will be of benefit to the student and the education program.  Performance at such events is a privilege.

Students who fail to abide by this policy may be subject to disciplinary measures.  Students who perform at such events serve as ambassadors of the school district and must conduct themselves in the same manner as required during the regular school day.

Students will be allowed to perform in these events only with proper permission and supervision and when the events do not disrupt the education program or other school district operations. The events must be approved by the superintendent, unless it involves unusual travel and expense, in which case the board will take action.

Performances by student groups below the senior high school level should be allowed only on a very limited basis; all groups of students should have an opportunity to participate, and extensive travel by one group of students should be discouraged.

It shall be within the discretion of the superintendent to determine whether the event will benefit the education program and the participating students. Contests or other performances by students unapproved by the superintendent shall be the responsibility of the parent and the student.

Approved:  7-1-9                   
Reviewed:  12-12-94, 12-08-97, 01-08-01, 11-10-03, 11-13-06, 02-10-10, 01-15-13, 7-13-15
Revised:  4-10-23

Students may raise funds for school district-sponsored events with permission of the board.  The board may delegate to the superintendent the authority to approve routine student fundraising as deemed appropriate.  Fund raising by students for events other than school district-sponsored events is not allowed.  Collection boxes for school district fund raising must have prior approval from the board or its designee before being placed on school district property.

All funds generated from school district-sponsored student fundraising will be placed in the school district’s student activity fund.

Approved:  07-01-92             
Reviewed:  12-12-94, 12-08-97, 01-08-01, 11-10-03, 11-13-06, 02-10-10, 01-15-13, 7-13-15
Revised:  4-10-23

Participation in school district activities is a privilege.  School district activities provide the benefits of promoting additional interests and ability in the students during their school years and for their lifetime.

Students will have an opportunity to participate in a school district activity unless the activity is not offered or the student cannot participate for disciplinary reasons. If the activity is an intramural or interscholastic athletic activity, students of the opposite sex will have a comparable opportunity for participation.  Comparable opportunity does not guarantee boys and girls will be allowed to play on each other's teams when there are athletic activities available that will allow both boys and girls to reap the benefits of school district activities, which are the promotion of additional interests and abilities in the students.

Student activity events must be approved by the superintendent unless they involve unusual travel expense in which case the board will take action. The events must not disrupt the education program or other school district operations.

A high school student who participates in school district sponsored athletics may participate in a non-school district sponsored sport during the same season with written approval of the high school principal.  Such outside participation shall not conflict with the school district sponsored athletic activity.

It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative procedures for each school district activity.  These procedures shall include, but not be limited to, when physical examinations will be required, how and when parents will be informed about the risk of the activity, academic requirements, and proof of insurance on the student participating in certain activities. Students wanting to participate in school district activities must meet the requirements set out by the school district for participation in the activity.

Approved: 11-12-97             
Reviewed:  01-08-01, 11-10-03, 11-13-06, 02-10-10, 01-15-13, 7-13-15
Revised:  4-10-23