Agenda Item
2. READY FOR ACTION: Amendment to the Bylaws & Policies: Board Policy: KEB: Solicitations ~ Updated 11.4.2025
Summary: Presented by: Mrs. Marissa Key, Executive Director, Office of Legal Affairs, Division of Legal Services
Request: It is requested that the Board of Education accept the proposed revisions to Board Policy KEB: Solicitations as ready for action.
Why: These policy revisions are being proposed for language updates and to include a language regarding the district’s foundation.
Details: Board Policy KEB: Solicitations. The proposed policy includes language to address the DeKalb Schools Educational Foundation and their role in supporting the district. The Board Policy Committee reviewed the proposed revisions and recommended placing this policy on today’s agenda.
Financial impact: No Financial Impact
Contact: Mrs. Marissa Key, Executive Director, Office of Legal Affairs, Division of Legal Services, 678.676.0105
Effective: Upon Board Approval
Status: Attorney Approval Not Required
sBoard Policy Manual
DeKalb County School District
Board Policy KEB: Solicitations Status: DRAFT
Original Adopted Date: 09/11/2000 | Last Revised Date: 09/19/2017 | Last Reviewed Date:
09/09/2025
REDLINE VERSION
The DeKalb County School District, its departments, individual schools, Parent Teacher
Associations/Parent Teacher Student Associations (PTAs/PTSAs), booster clubs, and other
school support groups may conduct fundraising activities to support the approved budget and
may cooperate with organizations in raising funds. No fundraising activity may remove or
distract students from classroom instruction. Participation in any fundraising activity must be
voluntary for students, parents and employees.
All fundraising activities benefiting a school shallwill be approved by the principal. All
fundraising activities benefiting departments shallwill be approved by the Superintendent or
designee. All fundraising activities benefiting the district-atlarge shallat-large will be approved
by the Board of Education require board approval when the proceeds meet or exceed the
dollar thresholds established in Policy DFK, which is available on the district
website at https://tinyurl.com/3updt4zy. Fundraising activities must comply with state, local,
and federal laws and associated regulations as well as administrative regulations and
procedures established by the Board of Education or Superintendentsuperintendent.
The DeKalb Schools Educational Foundation is the philanthropic and strategic initiatives arm of
the DeKalb County School District. As referenced in Policy DFK, the Foundation plays a unique
role in advancing the district’s mission, and therefore the solicitation restrictions in this policy
do not apply to the Foundation or its approved partners. An administrative regulation will be
developed to guide the Foundation’s activities and ensure alignment with District goals.