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GIFTS/DONATIONS TO SCHOOLS
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- The administration on behalf of the Board of Education may
accept for the school district any bequest or gift of money or property for a purpose
deemed by the board to be suitable and to use such money or property so designated.
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- All gifts shall be accepted in the name of the school district
and become the property of the district but may be designated for use in a particular
school or department. Only items of legitimate use in the school program shall be
accepted. The board shall be under no obligation to replace the gift if it is destroyed or
becomes worn out.
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- Gifts shall not be accepted if there is excessive cost of
maintenance or installation. Where installation is required, the gifts shall be installed
under the supervision of district personnel.
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- Gifts offered to district schools, departments or activities
by commercial enterprises may require the approval of the board before they may be
accepted.
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- The superintendent shall set up criteria to be met in the
acceptance of gifts and the procedure for examining and evaluating offers of gifts to the
district.
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- Purchasing
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- Purchasing equipment which costs more than $150 for an
individual school with parent-teacher organization funds, building funds or other funds
which are in no way related to the school district budget shall be permitted only with
prior approval of the deputy superintendent for business services. The deputy
superintendent for business services also shall accept or reject the district's
responsibility for maintaining the item to be purchased.
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- All equipment so acquired shall become the property of the
district and included on appropriate inventories.
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- Adopted September 1972
- Revised January 1985
- Revised June 1988
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- LEGAL REF: C.R.S. 22-32-110 (1) (y)
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- Colorado Springs School District Eleven, Colorado Springs
Colorado
- May, 1995