Educational facilities, teachers, and students shall not be used in any manner for advertising and/or for the promotion or sale of services or products of agencies or organizations operating for profit. The Board of Directors specifically forbids such activities, including but not limited to the following:
- Distribution by students of pamphlets urging students, parents, and others to purchase services or products sold for profit.
- The sale by students or teachers of products and/or services, except in relation to production by students as part of the program.
- Similar activities which would involve the teachers and students and which would interfere with the normal time and activities of the school.
This means that the use of students, including students’ names and/or likenesses; employees, including employees’ names and/or likenesses; the school district name; or its buildings and sites for advertising and promoting products and/or services of entities and/or organizations operating for a profit or political entities and/or organizations is generally not allowed.
Where the Board of Directors and/or the Superintendent feel that the educational gain outweighs any promotional purpose, prior approval can be given by the Board to an activity generally prohibited by this policy. Specifically exempted from the provisions of this policy shall be a student insurance program.
(April 18, 1983; July 7, 2003; July 18, 2011; June 23, 2014; April 6, 2020)