Regulation 6526-1

Instructional Decisions

Student Participation in Public Performances, Contests, Fairs, Exhibits and Other Public Activities

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board: 
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 11/24/2009
Related policies & regulations:  
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Administrators are authorized to permit students to participate in those public performances, contests, fairs, exhibits and other activities a) governed by District policies and regulations for student activities or b) approved by the Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning or his/her designee.

 

The following guidelines will be included in the criteria used to grant approval:

1. Participation will not interfere with the delivery of the instructional program (e.g., consistent with District goals for students; no lengthy absences from school; avoidance of undue burden on students, teachers or school facilities);
2. Participation is beneficial to the intellectual, physical and/or social development of students;
3. Rules and requirements for participation permit students of every race, ethnicity, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, nationality or socio-economic status to participate; and
4. Students and staff who participate are not used to promote partisan politics, sectarian religious views or commercial enterprises.