All requests from non-students, such as parents, relatives or others, to travel as non-chaperones with a school group on a division-approved activity shall be referred to the principal. The principal is authorized to approve or deny each request, to a maximum of 4 individuals per trip.

For each request, the principal shall determine the:

1. benefits (to the students, the school and its programs) of granting the request;

2. potential problems that may arise from granting the request;

3. availability of seating space on the school-provided transportation; and

4. amount of transportation fee, as long as the minimum fee charged is no less than the transportation fee charged to students for that trip.

All individuals who are approved to travel with a school group are required to abide by school division policy for the duration for the trip.

BOARD APPROVED:

August 30, 2007

NEW POLICY __X____

REPLACES POLICY _________

LEGAL REFERENCE ________