SUBJECT:
FIELD TRIPS (#8460)
The Board of Education recognizes that field trips are an educationally
sound and important ingredient in the instructional program of the schools.
For purposes of this policy, a field trip shall be defined as any journey
by a group of students away from the school premises, under the supervision of a
teacher, which is an integral part of an approved course of study and conducted
for the purpose of affording a first-hand educational experience not available
in the classroom.
Field trips are a part of the curriculum of the schools and attendance on
field trips is governed by the same rules as attendance at regular classroom
activities. The School System shall
obtain written permission for students going on school-sponsored field trips.
Field trip support shall be determined annually by the Board during its
budget deliberations. Regardless of
the fiscal support for field trips, the rules of the
Travel Study Excursions
This type of student travel combines instruction with travel usually for
an extended period of time.
Preliminary requests and plans for such extended travel excursions will be
reviewed by the building principal and he/she will submit them to the
Superintendent who will recommend acceptable travel study programs to the Board
of Education for action. All such
travel study programs must be approved by the Board of Education.
The Board of Education will not assume responsibility for any field trip
or travel study program which is not approved.
The Board of Education does not sanction or assume responsibility for
activities of faculty and students during vacation periods for non-school
sponsored educational tours.