Union County School District

Administrative Guidelines

for

Student Field Trips

Effective for 2006 – 2007

  20 March 2006 

(1)   Student trips are allowed within the state of South Carolina.

(2)   Student trips will be allowed out of state on a case by case basis.

(3)  Parents will be notified in advance of student trips that require public transportation such as chartered busses, subway systems, boats, planes, trains, etc.

(4)  Trips will be approved on a case by case basis for students, teams, or groups who qualify for school organization sponsored national or regional competition or for students, teams or groups who are invited to participate in such a major event.

(5)  Should the state of alert in the U.S. increase to the highest level, all trips would be subject to cancellation.  Trips to events sanctioned by the South Carolina High School League, South Carolina Department of Education or a similar state organization will be approved on a case by case basis.  (Examples of trips likely to be approved are academic competitions, art competitions and athletic competitions held at other school sites.)

(6)  When possible, contractual arrangements for all trips will include provisions for a full or partial refund should the district cancel the trip for any reason.  When contractual arrangements do not include a full refund for cancellation for any reason, parents must be notified in writing of such, and must acknowledge agreement by their signature to release Union County School District of any financial responsibility for reimbursement in the case of loss of deposit or other funds related to cancellation of the trip.