***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

                             Senate Bill NO. 2627

                             By Senator(s) Nunnelee

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 89:

; and

     (7)  A report of all school district or parent-teacher-association/related fundraising activities that offer incentives, prizes or awards to students based upon the amount of money that such student raises.  This report shall include (a) the nature of such fundraising activities, (b) the amount of money raised by such fundraising activities for the reporting period, (c) the purposes for which the money was raised and an accounting of the expenditure of such funds, and (d) an estimate of the amount of instructional time taken by students, teachers, school administrators and parents in participating in such fundraising activities.  Failure to report such fundraising activities may result in the withholding of state funds as provided in Section 37-151-95.  This reporting requirement shall not apply to fundraising activities authorized for the school activity fund such as the sale of school pictures, the rental of caps and gowns, the sale of school jewelry, or the sale of tickets to school banquets or events.

     FURTHER, amend the title after line 4 by inserting the following:

TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL-RELATED FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES BY STUDENTS;