PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Red Light
- Installation by PTA members as volunteer project.
- Any activity which voids the manufacturer's warranty.
- Equipment placed where non enrolled kids are attracted to it.
- Failure to maintain equipment once installed.
- Hire a contractor without checking insurance coverage.
Yellow Light
- Hiring contractor to install playground equipment (with Certificate of Insurance).
Green Light
- Raise funds and donate to the school to purchase install and maintain the playground equipment.
SKATING PARTIES
Red Light
- Please avoid sponsorship of this type of event.
MONEY HANDLING PROCEDURES
Red Light
- Monthly reports and account reconciliation to Board are late.
- Bank account reconciled by person signing the checks.
- Reimbursing without receipts
- Person receiving reimbursement is same person signing the check
- Same officer is Treasurer more than four years in a row.
- President and Treasurer are the same person.
- Signed 'blank' checks.
Yellow Light
- Single signature on checks.
Green Light
- Bank account reconciled by someone not authorized to sign checks.
- Dual signatures (President and Treasurer) required on all checks.
- Triple receipts issued when receiving money (receipt book, president, party from whom money received).
SCHOOL FAIRS
Red Light
- Hot Air Balloons
- Fireworks
- Tractor or trailer rides. Primary liability attaches to owner of car or tractor.
- Trampolines or other injury prone devices.
- Moonwalks with kids of different ages & weights (i.e. 70 lb 3rd graders and 140lb 8th graders)
- Vendors without valid insurance certificates filed in advance
SPONSORSHIP OF SPORTS TEAMS
Red Light
- Lack or midseason lapse of health insurance.
- No waiver/Liability Release form signed by parent or guardian.
- PTA reference on uniform.
- No athletic accident participant insurance
Yellow Light
- Liability Release form signed by parent or guardian not a guarantee of relief from liability.
ANTIQUE FAIRS
Red Light
- Goods held for sale not protected from the weather.
- Goods held not secure overnight.
- Sale of antique weapons.
- Sale of sports equipment or children's furniture in need of repair.
- Crowded facility with narrow cluttered aisle ways.
Green Light
- Good aisle way spacing and maintenance.
- Well marked exits
- "Professional" vendors provide Certificates of Insurance showing PTA as "additional insured".
HIRING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
Such as Hay Ride Drivers or Moon Walk Amusement type ride Red Light
- Moon Walk Amusement type rides.
Yellow Light
- When independent contractors or businesses are involved, be sure to obtain the appropriate evidence of liability of at least $1,000,000 and workers' compensation insurance before the scheduled event.
- 1099 Miscellaneous Tax Liability for any individual paid over $600 in a calendar year.
Green Light
- Try to get the School to do the project.
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