94. The governing board may, in the name of the school service centre, solicit and receive gifts, legacies, grants and other voluntary contributions from any person or public or private organization wishing to provide funding for school activities.
The governing board may not, however, solicit or receive gifts, legacies, grants or other contributions to which conditions incompatible with the mission of the school are attached, particularly conditions relative to any form of commercial solicitation.
The contributions received shall be paid into a designated fund created for that purpose in respect of the school by the school service centre; the funds making up the fund and the interest earned shall be appropriated to the school.
The school service centre shall keep separate books and accounts for the operations of the fund.
The management of the fund shall be supervised by the governing board; the school service centre must, at the request of the governing board, give access to the records of the fund and provide the governing board with any account, report or other information relating to the fund.
1988, c. 84, s. 94; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 1997, c. 96, s. 13; 2020, c. 12020, c. 1, s. 3121.