File:  GBEBC - Gifts or and Solicitations by Staff

Gifts

Gifts from students: Teachers and other district employees (staff members is sometimes used and district employees used at other times) shall not accept gifts from students except as such gifts represent tokens.

Gifts from staff members to staff members: Individual employees shall refrain from giving gifts to staff members who exercise and administrative or supervisory jurisdiction over them, either directly or indirectly. Generally, the collection of money for group gifts shall be discouraged except in special circumstances such as bereavement, serious illness or mementos at retirement.

Gifts from companies: All district employees of the Board are prohibited from accepting gifts of other than nominal value from companies or organizations doing business with the school district. Exceptions to this policy are the acceptance of minor items which are generally distributed by the company or organization through its public relations program.

Solicitations

No organization may solicit funds of staff members within the schools nor may anyone distribute flyers or other materials related to fund drives through the schools without the approval of the superintendent, assistant superintendent, or the building principal. Nor should staff members be made responsible or assume responsibility for the collection of money or distribution of any fund drive literature within the schools without such activity having the superintendent's approval.

As a matter of policy, the Board expects such activities to be kept to a minimum.

Adopted August 22, 1995

Revised January 8, 2003

Revised January 25, 2018

LEGAL REF.:  C.R.S. 24-18-104 (rules of conduct for public employees)

CROSS REFS.:  DJG, Vendor Relations

GBEB, Staff Conduct

KHA/KHB, Public Solicitations/Advertising in Schools