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School committee seeks legal clarity on proposed ban on student-run raffles; schedules follow-up
Summary
At a Feb. 10, 2026 policy-review meeting, the school committee debated draft language that would bar students and student groups from organizing raffles and games of chance; members asked MASC and the district attorney for legal backing and agreed to revisit the item at the Feb. 24 meeting.
The School Committee convened on Feb. 10, 2026, for a scheduled five-year policy review and spent significant time on proposed revisions to policy JJIE on student fundraising activities, debating whether language that would bar student-run raffles and certain competitions is required by state law.
Committee member (Speaker 3) said MASC attorneys had advised that “students and student groups are barred by state law and regulation from organizing raffles or games of chance,” language that the draft policy incorporates. Another committee member (Speaker 4) said they could not locate a matching Massachusetts General Law provision and urged the…
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