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Section J:
Students |
Knox County Board of Education |
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Descriptor Term:
Contests for Students |
Descriptor Code: J-520 |
Issued: 7/95 |
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Reviewed: 12/23 |
Revised: 6/08 |
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Contests and competitive activities sponsored by outside organizations shall not interfere with the regular school program.
The subject of a contest must be neither commercial nor sectarian.
To be recommended, an activity must be:
- Appropriate to the age group for which it is conducted;
- Designed to stimulate original individual work by the contestant;
- Of the type which can be undertaken as a supplement to, rather than as a substitute for, regular school work.
Selection of contest winners shall be the responsibility of the sponsoring group.
Scholarships or monetary grants shall be considered the most appropriate types of awards for contest winners.
Contests shall not be held without the approval of the principal.