2020                      7410

Students

 

SUBJECT:    EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Any organization within the District whose activities are conducted by students, and whose financial support is raised other than by taxation or though charges of the Board, is an extraclassroom activity (ECA).  All ECAs must be approved by the Board. The Superintendent or designee will maintain an up-to-date register of all ECAs that are approved or discontinued. The District will develop detailed procedures for the establishment of ECAs.

The Board may adopt rules and regulations to abolish and/or prohibit any fraternity, sorority, or other secret society in any secondary school in the District provided that the Board has found that the fraternity, sorority, or secret society has, by virtue of its activities, caused or created a disruption of or interference with the academic process of any secondary school within the District or caused or created a disruption of the academic process of any individual student or students in any secondary school within the District.

Eligibility for Attendance

Student participation in extracurricular activities is a privilege. Students must abide by the academic standards and standards of conduct for participation in extracurricular activities as established by the Board and outlined in the District’s Code of Conduct and/or any other applicable document.

Censorship of School-Sponsored Student Publications and Activities

The District may exercise editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored publications and activities that are part of the educational curriculum.

Limited Open Forum

The District maintains a limited open forum where one or more noncurricular related secondary student groups meet on District premises during noninstructional time.  The District will not deny equal access or a fair opportunity to, or discriminate against these groups on the basis of the religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at those meetings.

To provide a fair opportunity to students who wish to conduct a meeting, the District will ensure that:

a) The meeting is voluntary and student-initiated;

b) There is no sponsorship of the meeting by the District, the government, or its agents or employees;

c) Employees or agents of the District or government are present at religious meetings only in a nonparticipatory capacity;

d) The meeting does not materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activities within the District; and

e) Non-District persons may not direct, conduct, control, or regularly attend activities of student groups.

However, the District, its agents, and its employees, retain the authority to:

a) Ban unlawful groups;

b) Maintain order and discipline on District premises;

c) Protect the well-being of students and employees;

d) Assure that attendance of students at meetings is voluntary; and

e) Restrict groups that materially and substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activities.

 

• 20 USC §§ 4071-4074
• Education Law §§ 1709-a, 2503-a, and 2554-a
• 8 NYCRR Part 172
• NYSED Finance Pamphlet, The Safeguarding, Accounting, and Auditing of
• Extraclassroom Activity Funds,

  Revised 2019

Adopted:  8/24/11

Revised:  9/22/20