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SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUNDS
- School activity funds shall be used solely in accordance with the purpose for which such funds are collected.
- Projects for raising school activity funds shall contribute to the educational experience of students and shall not conflict with the instructional program.
- Funds derived from the student body as a whole shall be used to benefit the student body as a whole.
- Funds raised from or by specific groups of students shall be spent for the benefit of those students.
- Generally, school activity funds should be spent in such a way as to benefit those students who are in school and who have contributed to the accumulation of such funds.
- Student representation is encouraged in the management of funds raised by the student body and spent for its benefit, subject to faculty supervision.
- School activity funds shall be managed in accordance with the best business practices including sound budgetary and accounting procedures.
- Student body business shall be conducted in such a manner as to offer maximum competition with commercial concerns.
- Principals, through their representatives, shall participate in the preparation, modification, and interpretation of the policies, regulations, and procedures affecting student body affairs.
- Each student activity account is to be self-balanced. No account is to be overdrawn unless receipts are forthcoming. Excess costs for a student activity must be covered by undesignated funds in the school’s general account of the Principal’s undesignated account.
- Financial records of school activity funds shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with regulations concerning financial records retentions and disposition set forth in law and regulation.
Adopted: April 20, 2015
Cross Refs.: DG Custody and Disbursement of School Funds DGC School Activity Funds
DM Cash in School Buildings
4/15 ACPS ALLEGHANY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS