CHAPTER 4.00 - CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

4.14 Non-School Related Travel

The following provisions shall apply to trips in which students and teachers voluntarily and individually participate and which are not sponsored, endorsed, or supported by the School Board or within the scope of the regular instructional program

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(1) Trips shall be organized between the individual participants and any sponsoring agency and that relationship shall be expressed in descriptive literature.

(2) The School Board shall not be involved in the curriculum, itinerary, or selection of advisors for the trip.

(3) Promotional activities and literature shall not include the name of the individual school or School Board nor be distributed through the school.

(4) District facilities and class time may not be used for planning or advertising such trips.

(5) Participation in such travel by employees and students shall be subject to the District’s leave and attendance policies.

(6) Board is not responsible nor liable for any travel or trips in which students and/or teachers voluntarily and individually participate and which are not sponsored, endorsed or supported by the School Board or within the scope of the regular instructional program.

Statutory Authority: 1001.41, 1001.42, F.S.

Laws Implemented: 1001.41, 1001.43, F.S.

History:

Date adopted: 01/14/1999

Date revised: 08/14/2007; 02/09/2010