Policy Manual / 400 GOVERNANCE
436 Fundraising / School Council:
October 2002
Information: 0260761566 / DEECD Schools Reference Guide: 2.6, 7.4 & 7.17 / Revised: June 2014
Manager: Business Manager / Associated Processes: Accountability, Budgeting / Issue No: 2.3
FUNDRAISING
Rationale:
Fundraising enhances the school’s ability to provide a quality learning environment and a diverse range of programs.
Aims:
- To raise additional funds to assist the college to achieve the educational goals of the school.
- To enrich college life through the organisation of activities that engage and reward people for voluntary work.
Implementation:
- In accordance with DEECD regulations (Schools Reference Guide Section 2.6), a school council may raise funds for school purposes by conducting local efforts or amusements.
- School Council must approve fundraising activities before they are implemented.
- All fund raising events must have appropriate internal control mechanisms. (See to DEECD guidelines in the Schools Reference Guide – Section 7.4).
- School approved fundraising activities may include but are not limited to: student casual clothes days, statewide activities such as ‘Jeans for Genes Day’, sausage sizzles, debutante balls, school productions, school fetes, minor raffles, major raffles, chocolate drives, walkathons, computer tuition, facilities and equipment hire (note – insurance requirements), school pine plantations, sale of obsolete school equipment by tender, football tipping etc.
- School approved fundraising activities exclude non-school oriented commercial and gambling operations such as poker machines, pyramid selling, betting, horse-racing, property speculation, other speculative investment etc.
- School Council may delegate the operation of fundraising activities to Parents Club (Schools Reference Guide Section 2.7) but must still approve their proposed activities; ensuring that those activities are operated in compliance with legislation such as food handling regulations, criminal records checks and OHS requirements.
- School Council will seek subject levies and fees where appropriate from parents in accordance with departmental requirements and expectations.
- School Council will seek voluntary contributions from parents in accordance with departmental requirements and expectations.
- Fundraising groups will be made aware each year of the Fundraising Policy and supporting documents.
- School Council has the capacity to hire school facilities to outside bodies when the facilities are not required for school purposes and also have the responsibility to establish the terms and conditions of use.
- Any fund raising involving major raffles or bingo must be undertaken with the permission and under the instructions of the Raffles & Bingo Permits Board.
- All fundraising activities will be identified as such and will only involve voluntary participation.
- All profits (and any losses) associated with fundraising activities will be reported to School Council and to the wider school community.
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