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Committee flags need for written donations and sponsorship policy as district readies to accept larger gifts
Summary
Committee members said Stratford receives more donation offers but has no written policy; staff described an informal $1,000 practice threshold and asked the committee to draft clear rules on donor eligibility, anonymous gifts and sponsorship advertising.
Stratford School District staff told the Policy Review Committee on Nov. 20 that the district is seeing a rise in donation offers but does not yet have a written donations policy to guide acceptance, acknowledgment and potential restrictions.
“As the district is getting more opportunities to accept donations,” a staff presenter told the committee, “our past practice has always been that if the donation accumulated over 1000 dollars, it would go before the board for approval,…
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