VETERANS AS CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS

VETERANS AS CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS

po9800.01Adopted March 26, 2012Revised April 18, 2022

9800.01 - VETERANS AS CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS

The Board recognizes the service provided to the country and the individual sacrifices made by veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

The Board shall, concurrent with the Department of Veterans Affairs presentation, award a Certificate of Achievement and Appreciation to any military veteran who meets the following criteria:

  1. The veteran completes twenty (20) hours of volunteer service in a district school during a school term.

  2. The volunteer service consists of classroom service that involves direct interaction with students, with an emphasis on sharing the lessons the veteran learned from his/her military experience.

  3. The veteran is not an employee of the school district during the term in which the volunteer service takes place.

  4. The veteran has, by July 1st after the school term in which the volunteer service takes place, submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs a form signed by the school principal or the District Administrator verifying that the veteran has fulfilled the twenty (20) hours of volunteer service.

T.C. 4/18/22

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