About “Kid Mail”

If your PTA’s newsletter is produced or distributed by utilizing school funds (printed on district copier, mailed with school’s newsletter, sent home with students etc), all information it contains must comply with state law forbidding public facilities from being used to support or oppose candidates or ballot propositions. It must be “Kid Mail Safe”. The WSPTA Legislation web page has updated Guidelines for Using “Kid Mail” .

Detailed information on PDC regulations is available by following the Links below but basically a PTA Legislation newsletter article should only provide information and not advocate a position. Non-compliance could result in the school’s administrator, not PTA, being fined by the Public Disclosure Commission.

If a PTA Legislation article is a regular feature in your PTA’s newsletter, then the information is less‑suspect than if it only appears prior to an election or during the legislative session.

More information is available on the WSPTA Legislation web page including:

· Guidelines for Using “Kid Mail”

· PTA Nonpartisan Policy Guidelines

· Taking Positions on Initiatives and Referenda

· State Guidelines for School Districts and Elections (from WSSDA)

· Guidelines: PTA Election & Advocacy Efforts

· Use of Public Funds/Facilities (Memo from Attorney General's Office)

For additional information see:

· PDC Guidelines for School Districts in Election Campaigns

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