LONG LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

ACE FUND POLICY

(ACADEMIC & CULTURAL ENRICHMENT)

Long Lake Central School District annually budgets funds for academic and cultural enrichment activities, otherwise known as ACE Funds. These funds are available to students to help defray expenses for various enrichment opportunities.

The Board of Long Lake Central School budgets funds to be available for the following enrichment activities:

St. Lawrence University Young Writers Conference

Pen in Hand Conference

HOBY Conference

Junior National Young Leaders Conference

National Student Leadership Conference

Presidential Classroom

Other enrichment programs will be considered upon request, and may be added to the list upon Board of Education approval.

To access these funds, the student must make a request, in writing, to the Long Lake Central School District Board of Education for their approval at their scheduled monthly meeting. The Board will accept requests from the ACE Fund for tuition and reasonable travel expenses only. The request must include:

- appropriate documentation for the funds requested, such as copies of cancelled checks for tuition or the conference application. If the conference application is submitted as documentation, the check will be written to the applicable organization.

- at least one recommendation by a faculty member stating how this program will be beneficial to the student.

Funds will be disbursed on a first come, first served basis.

ACE Funds will be distributed at one-half of allowable expenses, not to exceed $1,000.00 per student, per year for the following programs: Junior National Young Leaders Conference; National Student Leadership Conference; and Presidential Classroom. (For example: If a student’s tuition and travel totaled $1,500, the student, if approved, would receive $750.00 towards their expenses. If the tuition and travel totaled $2,300, the student, if approved, would receive $1,000 towards their expenses.) For programs costing less than $500 for tuition (St. Lawrence University Young Writers Conference, Pen in Hand Conference, and HOBY Conference) the Board will pay the full cost of the tuition expense. If a teacher requests the funds for a student to attend a program, the school will pay, upon Board approval, the cost of travel and tuition up to $1,000.00.

Approved by Board of Education on October 11, 2007