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POLICYDISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS 7041
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Distribution of Non-School Related Materials

There are a great many worthy undertakings in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) which understandably deserve public support. However, it is the policy of the Board to only send home with students certain non-school-related information regarding community activities/programs that are for public school-age students if (1) the parents of the students wish to receive such information; (2) the information meets the criteria set forth below; (3) the person requesting to send the information home through the schools follows the procedure for the distribution of the material; and (4) the distribution does not interfere with classroom instruction.

PROCEDUREDISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS 7041
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  1. Requests for the distribution of non-school-related materials shall be submitted to the SUPERINTENDENT or her/his designee who shall determine if the information should be distributed based upon the following criteria:
    1. The program/activity must serve K-12 public school-age children;
    2. The program/activity does not violate the law;
    3. The program/activity must be considered appropriate as determined by the SUPERINTENDENT or her/his designee; and
    4. The materials requested to be distributed are not being provided for the purpose of recruiting current MMSD students to attend a non-MMSD school/educational program/activity that occurs during regular school hours during the school year.
  2. The material shall be sorted in appropriate bundles of 25-30 for distribution for each class; and the information shall contain a non-endorsement statement on each piece of material requested to be distributed through the schools. Such statement shall indicate that this is not a school-sponsored activity and the MMSD does not approve, support, or endorse this program/activity.
  3. All materials must have a telephone number on them in order for parents to get further information.
  4. Persons, groups, or agencies seeking approval to distribute materials in schools are strongly encouraged (1) to provide materials translated into the languages spoken by the families receiving the information; and (2) to offer scholarship or subsidy fees to low income students if fees are requested for participation;
  5. Prior to distributing non-school-related materials to parents, parents shall be notified by the District that they will receive non-school-related materials if they do not object to such information being sent home with their child/children. If a parent objects to receiving non-school-related materials, the materials shall not be sent home to such parent.
  6. Failure to meet any of the specific requirements will result in the non-school- related materials not being distributed through the schools.

10/13/03

 

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