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Elma board approves several booster fundraisers but bars student-run shoot‑a‑thon pending ASB review
Summary
After staff warned that student-run fundraising could be classified as ASB activity, the board approved a slate of booster fundraisers while excluding certain events (shoot‑a‑thon, free-throw pledges). Trustees emphasized routing events through ASB when students do the work and noted rules about 50/50 raffles and insurance.
The Elma School District board approved multiple booster fundraisers for athletics, performing arts, and class groups but excluded events that staff said would require ASB processing if students are the primary workers.
Discussion focused on a girls’ basketball "shoot-a-thon" and similar activities. Staff and trustees cautioned that when students perform the fundraising work, state ASB rules typically treat the proceeds as student ASB funds; that requires the money to be kept in student accounts and for students to vote on how to spend it. A staff member told the board there is roughly $255,000…
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