The teacher/sponsor and school building administrator are expected to exercise judgment and to investigate fully those who are being considered as resource speakers in the District.
Teachers/Sponsors should encourage the use of resource persons representing various points of view in order to help students gain a more comprehensive understanding of any topic.
The ideas presented and the resource person invited to present them shall have a demonstrable relation to the curricular or extracurricular activity in which the participating students are involved.
Prior to appearance or participation, the resource speaker shall be given a copy of this policy and rules, and each speaker shall agree to abide by these regulations:
- Profanity, vulgarity and lewd comments are prohibited,
- Any language that calls for a student strike, may incite a riot or may otherwise influence students to behave in an unlawful manner is prohibited, and
- Smoking is not permitted on any school property or at any time while speaking or consulting with students.
The teacher/sponsor or any member of the school administration responsible for inviting the resource speaker(s) has the right and duty to interrupt or suspend any proceedings if the resource speaker(s), by his/her conduct, is judged to have disregarded the agreement to abide by these regulations.
