STUDENT EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS
The District shall treat a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the District treats a student’s voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
STUDENT SPEAKERS AT NONGRADUATION EVENTS
The District hereby creates a limited public forum for student speakers at all school events at which a student is to publicly speak.  For each speaker, the District shall set a maximum time limit reasonable and appropriate to the occasion.  
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKERS
Student speakers shall introduce:
1.	Football games;
2.	Opening announcements and greetings for the school day; and
3.	[Various club events that are run by student officers under the supervision of their sponsor. List other athletic or nonathletic events designated by the District, if any].
0.The forum shall be limited in the manner provided by this section on nongraduation events.
ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION
Only those students in the highest two grade levels of the school  at which the student is publicly speaking and who hold one of the following positions of honor based on neutral criteria are eligible to use the limited public forum: student council officers, class officers of the highest grade level in the school, captains of the football team, and officers of school sponsored organizations[list other students holding positions of honor that the District wishes to designate, if any].
An eligible student shall be notified of the student’s eligibility, and a student who wishes to participate as an introducing speaker shall submit the student’s name to the student council or [if your District wishes students to submit their names to another designated body, list it here] during an announced period of not less than three days.
The announced period shall occur at [the beginning of the school year. choose either the beginning of the school year, at the end of the preceding school year so student speakers are in place for the new year, or, if the selection process shall be repeated each semester, at the beginning of each semester or at the end of the preceding semester so speakers are in place for the next semester].  The names of the volunteering student speakers shall be randomly drawn until all names have been selected, and the names shall be listed in the order drawn.
ASSIGNMENT OF INTRODUCTORY SPEAKERS
Each selected student shall be matched chronologically to the event for which the student shall be giving the introduction. Each student may [speak according to their role in the club or activety.choose one: speak for one week at a time for all introductions of events that week, rotate after each speaking event, or insert the District’s neutral method of assigning chosen speakers to events].  The list of student speakers shall be chronologically repeated as needed, in the same order.  The District may repeat the selection process each semester rather than once a year.
CONTENT OF STUDENT INTRODUCTIONS
The subject of the student introductions must be related to the purpose of the event and to the purpose of marking the opening of the event; honoring the occasion, the participants, and those in attendance; bringing the audience to order; and focusing the audience on the purpose of the event.  A student must stay on the subject, and the student may not engage in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent speech.  The District shall treat a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the District treats a student’s voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
DISCLAIMER
For as long as there is a need to dispel confusion over the nonsponsorship of the student’s speech, at each event in which a student shall deliver an introduction, a disclaimer shall be stated in written or oral form, or both, such as, “The student giving the introduction for this event is a volunteering student selected on neutral criteria to introduce the event.  The content of the introduction is the private expression of the student and does not reflect the endorsement, sponsorship, position, or expression of the District.”
OTHER STUDENT SPEAKERS
Certain students who have attained special positions of honor in the school have traditionally addressed school audiences from time to time as a tangential component of their achieved positions of honor, such as the captains of various sports teams, student council officers, class officers, homecoming kings and queens, prom kings and queens, and the like, and have attained their positions based on neutral criteria. Nothing in this policy eliminates the continuation of the practice of having these students, irrespective of grade level, address school audiences in the normal course of their respective positions.  
The District shall create a limited public forum for the speakers and shall treat a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the District treats a student’s voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
STUDENT SPEAKERS AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES
OPENING AND CLOSING REMARKS
The District hereby creates a limited public forum consisting of an opportunity for a student to speak to begin graduation ceremonies and another student to speak to end graduation ceremonies.  For each speaker, the District shall set a maximum time limit reasonable and appropriate to the occasion.
The forum shall be limited in the manner provided by this section on student speakers at graduation.  [See also FMH(LEGAL)]
ELIGIBILITY
Only students who are graduating and who hold one of the following neutral criteria positions of honor shall be eligible to use the limited public forum:  [student council offices, honor graduates selcted through board policy EIC (LOCAL).list positions of student leaders who may use the limited public forum, such as student council officers, class officers of the graduating class, or the top three academically ranked graduates].  
A student who shall otherwise have a speaking role in the graduation ceremonies is ineligible to give the opening and closing remarks.  The names of the eligible volunteering students shall be randomly drawn.  The first name drawn shall give the opening and the second name drawn shall give the closing.
CONTENT OF OPENING AND CLOSING REMARKS
The topic of the opening and closing remarks must be related to the purpose of the graduation ceremony and to the purpose of marking the opening and closing of the event; honoring the occasion, the participants, and those in attendance; bringing the audience to order; and focusing the audience on the purpose of the event.
OTHER STUDENT GRADUATION SPEAKERS
In addition to the students giving the opening and closing remarks, the valedictorian and [honor graduates selected as per board policy EIC (LOCAL)>list other students who have attained special positions of honor based on neutral criteria] may have speaking roles at graduation ceremonies.
For each speaker, the District shall set a maximum time limit reasonable and appropriate to the occasion and to the position held by the speaker.  For this purpose, the District creates a limited public forum for these students to deliver the addresses.  The subject of the addresses must be related to the purpose of the graduation ceremony, marking and honoring the occasion, honoring the participants and those in attendance, and the student’s perspective on purpose, achievement, life, school, graduation, and looking forward to the future.
The student must stay on the subject, and the student may not engage in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent speech.  The District shall treat a student’s voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the District treats a student’s voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may not discriminate against the student based on a religious viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject.
DISCLAIMER
A written disclaimer shall be printed in the graduation program that states, “The students who shall be speaking at the graduation ceremony were selected based on neutral criteria to deliver messages of the students’ own choices.  The content of each student speaker’s message is the private expression of the individual student and does not reflect any position or expression of the District or the board of trustees, or the District’s administration, or employees of the District, or the views of any other graduate.  The contents of these messages were prepared by the student volunteers, and the District refrained from any interaction with student speakers regarding the student speakers’ viewpoints on permissible subjects.”
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
Students may express the students’ beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of the students’ submission.  Homework and classroom work shall be judged by ordinary academic standards of substance and relevance and against other legitimate pedagogical concerns identified by the school.  Students may not be penalized or rewarded on account of religious content.  If a teacher’s assignment involves writing a poem, the work of a student who submits a poem in the form of a prayer (for example, a psalm) should be judged on the basis of academic standards, including literary quality, and not penalized or rewarded on account of its religious content.
FREEDOM TO ORGANIZE RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES
Students may organize prayer groups, religious clubs, “see you at the pole” gatherings, and other religious gatherings before, during, and after school to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups.  [See FNAB(LOCAL)]  Religious groups must be given the same access to school facilities for assembling as is given to other noncurricular groups, without discrimination based on the religious content of the group’s expression.  If student groups that meet for nonreligious activities are permitted to advertise or announce the groups’ meetings, for example, by advertising in a student newspaper, putting up posters, making announcements on a student activities bulletin board or public address system, or handing out leaflets, school authorities may not discriminate against groups that meet for prayer or other religious speech.  School authorities may disclaim sponsorship of noncurricular groups and events, provided they administer the disclaimer in a manner that does not favor or disfavor groups that meet to engage in prayer or other religious speech.