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Committee narrows crowdfunding for Orange County Schools to approved, non‑monetary platforms
Summary
The policy committee agreed to send a revised crowdfunding policy to the full board that focuses on approved non‑monetary platforms (for example, DonorsChoose and Amazon wishlists) rather than general cash solicitations. Members discussed equity concerns and whether schools or staff might solicit repeated nominal campaigns; the committee opted to
The Orange County Schools policy committee voted to forward a revised crowdfunding policy to the full board for first reading that focuses on approved, non‑monetary crowdfunding platforms and removes language in the draft that would have explicitly allowed monetary crowdfunding in ways that bypass district oversight.
"We state somewhere in this policy that you have to use an approved crowdfunding site," Speaker 7…
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