Authority
Any booster group or parent support group associated with
the school district athletic teams, student activities or other school
programs must be approved by the school district through application
to the Superintendent or designee. Applications, available at the
central office, will include a list of group officers (to be update
annually), and an outline of planned activities. The group must submit
an application by June 30 to be recognized as a support group for
the following school year. A list of recognized support groups will
be published in the school district newsletter.
At the end of the school year, support groups are required to submit
a financial report to the central office.
In order to avoid scheduling conflicts among major fundraisers of
support groups and student activity groups, plans (for dinners, product
sales, etc.) should be submitted to the Community Information Network
Department to be put on the school calendar by June 30, whenever possible.
Coaches and activity directors must approve support group fundraising
plans. Approval must be received from the building principal and Superintendent
or designee. The building principals will review fundraiser scheduling
and the Superintendent or designee will make the decision where there
are conflicts. Building principals will continue to schedule facility
usage, and the athletic director is in charge of all athletic field
usage.
Guidelines
The school district recognizes the contributions to the general
welfare of the students made by booster groups, and acknowledges the
need of these groups to be able to raise funds. The district also
acknowledges the fact that charitable groups may conduct small games
of chance, including lotteries and raffles.
Booster groups will be allowed to conduct small games of chance,
as defined by the Small Games of Chance Act and the Pennsylvania Bingo
Law, provided all the following conditions are complied with:
1. Only groups directly affiliated with the school district may conduct
these fund raising activities on district property.
2. All profits generated by the activity must be used for exclusive
benefit of Upper Moreland students and their educational and/or co-curricular
programs.
3. Activities may not take place on school grounds during school hours.
4. Each booster group sponsoring any activity covered by this policy
must obtain, at its own expense, a small games of chance license from
the office of the Treasurer of Montgomery County.
5. Each booster group sponsoring any activity covered by this policy
must submit an application for permission to conduct said activity
for approval by the building principal where the activity is to occur
and the Superintendent, not less than thirty (30) days before the
date of the activity and said application must include a copy of the
license from the County Treasurer.
6. No more than two (2) fund raising activities subject to this policy
will be allowed to occur at the same time or at the same location.
7. Each group will be limited to a maximum of five (5) such activities
per school year.
Any booster group wishing to hold a “Monte Carlo Night”,
“A Night at the Races”, or a “Bingo Night”
must comply with all of the following conditions:
1. All of the conditions listed above in points 1 through 6.
2. Permission to conduct these types of fund raisers must also be
obtained from the Board.
3. Each booster group will be limited to a maximum of one (1) such
activity (from the entire class of activities, not one (1) of each
type) per school year.
4. No students will be allowed to sell tickets or otherwise participate
in the activities covered by this section.
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