IGDA-AR Student Organizations 

Code: IGDA
Adopted: 8/08/17
Orig. Code(s): IGDA

The district encourages curriculum-related student organizations. District staff will facilitate such organizations and district resources may be used to support them. The district may also support student organizations which are not directly curriculum related. 

The principal will develop general guidelines for student organizations. Among other provisions, such guidelines will require the assignment of at least one staff adviser to each student organization. 

Voluntary student-organized clubs which are not curriculum-related may meet on school premises during non instructional time. If the content of such a club’s meetings is religious in nature, school staff may attend only in a non participatory manner. Staff may be assigned to attend such meetings for custodial purposes only, but will not be compelled to attend a meeting if the content of the speech at the meeting is contrary to that person’s beliefs.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

• ORS 339.880 
• ORS 339.885 
• OAR 581-021-0050 
• OAR 581-021-0055 
• Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071-4074 (2006). 
• Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Unified Sch. Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993). 
• Westside Cmty. Bd. of Educ. v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990). 

Cross Reference(s): 

• IB - Freedom of Expression 
• JFI - Student Demonstrations and Petitions