School-Connected Organizations

The Governing Board recognizes that parents/guardians and community members may wish to organize parent organizations, booster clubs, other tax-exempt, non-profit, non-political organizations, and activities for the purpose of supporting the District's educational and extracurricular programs. The Board appreciates the contributions made by such organizations toward the Board's vision for student learning and for providing all district students with high-quality educational opportunities. 

California Education Code Section 51521 states:
No person shall solicit any other person to contribute to any fund or to purchase any item of personal property, upon the representation that the money received is to be used wholly or in part for the benefit of any public school or the student body of any public school, unless such person obtains the prior written approval of either the governing board of the school district in which such solicitation is to be made or the governing board of the school district having jurisdiction over the school or student body represented to be benefited by such solicitation, or the designee of either of such boards.

• A school-connected organization may not legally operate unless and until it obtains the prior written approval of the district’s governing board or its designee.
• The district governing board should adopt board policies and administrative regulations that booster clubs and parent organizations must follow to operate as a school-connected organization.

CUSD Board Policy 1230 states:

• Persons proposing to establish a school-connected organization shall submit a request to the Board for authorization to operate within the District or at a District school.
•  Each school-connected organization shall be subject to its own bylaws and operational procedures or to the rules or bylaws of its affiliated state or national organization, as applicable.
• Activities by school-connected organizations shall be conducted in accordance with law, Board Policies, Administrative Regulations, and any rules of the sponsoring school.
• A school-connected organization shall obtain the written approval of the Superintendent or designee prior to soliciting funds upon the representation that the funds will be used wholly or in part for the benefit of a District school or the students at that school.
•  Any participation in fundraising activities by students and their parents/guardians and/or any donation of funds or property shall be voluntary.

The request form collects the information a school-connected organization must provide when requesting authorization to operate within the District or at a District school, as outlined in CUSD Administrative Regulation 1230.

Requests for subsequent authorization shall be annually submitted to the Superintendent or designee, along with a financial statement showing all income and expenditures from fundraisers. If the Superintendent or designee proposes to deny the request for reauthorization, he/she shall present his/her recommendation to the Governing Board for approval. 

When deemed necessary by the Board or the Superintendent or designee, the authorization for a school-connected organization to conduct activities in the District may be revoked at any time.

select the school your organization wishes to be connected.

School Name	School Name	School Name	School Name
Blue Hills	Eisenhower	Lincoln	Nimitz
Collins	Faria	McAuliffe	Sedgwick
CMS	Garden Gate	Miller	Stevens Creek
De Vargas	Hyde	Montclaire	Stocklmeir
Dilworth	Kennedy	Muir	West Valley
Eaton	Lawson	Murdock-Portal	CUSD