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Procedure for 4060 Distribution of Information

PROCEDURE FOR 4060 DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION

Individuals or groups seeking to distribute information in schools will submit to the superintendent or designee a statement of the recreational or educational value.

Please see Policy and Procedure 4230 specific to the Distribution of Youth-Related Materials, such as community e-fliers.

Dissemination of the information does not reflect the district’s endorsement or sponsorship of the activity. All materials distributed must contain the statement “The Stanwood-Camano School District has neither reviewed nor approved the program, personnel, activities or organizations announced in this event/information, and undertakes no responsibility to supervise these events. This information is provided as a community service at the request of the event sponsor and organizer. This is not a district sponsored or endorsed event.”

The district or the school will not distribute materials that: 

  • Are obscene, lewd, or vulgar; 
  • Are libelous; 
  • Contain language that is intimidating, demeaning, harassing, or threatening on the basis of race, ethnicity, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, homelessness, immigration or citizenship status, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, neurodivergence, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, including, but not limited to racial, sexual, or ethnic slurs; 
  • Promote commercial enterprises; 
  • Promote the violation of existing laws, regulation or ordinances, or official school policy, rules or regulations; or 
  • Proselytize or disparage religious beliefs.

The district’s Director of Communications will review and determine whether the materials are approved for distribution to students. Any further review will be made by the superintendent/designee whose decision is final. 

Organizations and government entities that approach individual schools with requests to distribute materials to students will be directed to the district offices.

Upon request, schools with available space and resources to do so, are authorized, but not required, to allow equal access for nonprofit organizations and government entities to leave fliers, approved in advance by the district, on available unmanned information tables as space permits at such events as curriculum nights and open-house events. When such requests to leave fliers are approved by the principal, the principal must verify with the communications department that each organization leaving fliers on available tables is an approved nonprofit organization or governmental agency and that the particular flier has been screened and approved.

Inclusion of such information tables shall not impede or detract from the school’s intended program. Principals who approve requests by organizations/entities to leave fliers for a particular event are authorized to limit tables and fliers to space available.

Adoption Date: 10.21.25

Stanwood-Camano School District