Can a coach pay for team camp fees from the volleyball team account?
Question: Can a coach pay from their volleyball team account the fee for a team camp. Usually the participants raise the money or pay themselves but the coach is wondering if the funds are available could they pay from the account. Response: Student body funds must be used to promote and finance programs of worthwhile activity beyond those provided by the district. State law also requires that all student body expenses be pre-approved. In high schools and middle schools the student organizations are called organized student body associations because the students organize their activities around student clubs and a student council and are also involved in deciding how the ASB funds are spent. In elementary school districts, the pre-approval must still occur, but by the principal. Student fundraisers are for the benefit of the entire group (club, class, team, etc), and can not be designated only for those who participated in the fundraiser. Court cases have challenged districts on this i
