Butte School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Field Trips, Excursions, and Outdoor Education

The Board recognizes that field trips, when used as a device for teaching and learning integral to the curriculum, are an educationally sound and important ingredient in the instructional program of the schools. Such trips can supplement and enrich classroom procedures by providing learning experiences in an environment beyond the classroom. The Board also recognizes that field trips may result in lost learning opportunities in missed classes. Therefore the Board endorses the use of field trips when the educational objectives achieved by the trip clearly outweigh any lost in-class learning opportunities.

Field trips which take students out of the state must be approved in advance by the Board. Building principals have authority to approve all other field trips.

Parent/guardian consent forms (Form 3510F-2) shall be on file in the principal’s office, before a student participates in any field trip.

Building principals shall develop procedures for the operation of a field trip.

No staff member may solicit students during instructional time for any privately arranged field trip or excursion without Board permission.

Policy History:
Adopted on: 10/18/04
Revised on:

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