Certificated Personnel                                                                                   BP 4137.1

TUTORING

It is expected that every effort will be made by the principal and teacher to resolve the learning problems of a student at school before recommending that parents/guardians engage a tutor or seek other outside professional help.  The Governing Board believes that by maintaining a high quality instructional staff and providing for a rich, varied curriculum the need for individual tutoring is minimized.

In order to protect both the school district and teachers from charges of conflict of interest in those exceptional cases where individual tutoring is allowed, the of allowing guidelines are provided:

1.	A teacher may not accept any kind of remuneration for tutoring any student enrolled in his/her class.

2.	No tutoring for which a teacher receives a fee will be carried on in a school building.

3.	Teachers who accept outside tutoring engagements make their own arrangements with the parents/guardians for the fees to be assessed.

4.	A teacher should not accept tutoring employment in subject/grade levels in which the teacher is not certificated.

Reference:
California Association of School Psychologists - Code of Ethics.  February 1992.

Legal Reference:
TITLE 5. Code 80331, 80334
GOVERNMENT CODE 11126

Policy								        MURRIETA VALLEY USD 
adopted:        June 11, 1992 					         Murrieta, California