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III. Q. Soliciting Funds from Students
Excepting under authorization of the State Director of Education or rules and regulations promulgated from time to time by the West Warwick School Committee, no teacher shall for any purpose whatsoever, solicit, exact, or receive from any pupil in any school any contribution or gift of money or any article of value, or any pledge to contribute any money or article of value.
Excepting the sale of school lunches under rules and regulations prescribed by the West Warwick School Committee, no article shall be sold or offered for sale to public school pupils or teachers on any school premises, nor shall any article be sold through the agency of pupil's in the schools. No teacher in any school shall solicit or receive from the pupils subscriptions for any newspaper periodical, or magazine, or act as agent directly or indirectly for the distribution of such publication in the schools; nor shall any teacher in any school, at any time other than during the regular summer vacation of the schools, accept any fee or gift for the tutoring of any child regularly under his or her instructions; nor shall any person distribute through or in the public schools or to children on their way to or from school any circular, sample, package, coupon, ticket or other similar advertising matter.
This section shall not be construed to forbid requiring or accepting from a pupil a deposit of a reasonable amount of money as a guaranty for the return of school property other than the books and supplies required by State Law to be loaned free of charge, provided that the West Warwick School Committee shall make suitable rules and regulations for the safekeeping and return of such deposits; nor shall it be construed to forbid the acquisition by pupils at reasonable prices of articles made in industrial, manual training, domestic arts or other similar classes; nor fund raising activities conducted under suitable rules and regulations adopted by the West Warwick School Committee.
Policy adopted: 1/9/78