Jeff Roy has a couple of important posts on the 
Franklin School Committee blog:
 By Jeffrey Roy on Policy 
  
   | In the continuing debate over the proposed policy on the  donation of non-budgeted funds, I thought it would be helpful to provide you  with additional resources on the topic. We have assembled a list of articles  which discuss the topic, which, at best, can be described as a delicate  balancing act. You can [...] | 
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 By Jeffrey Roy on Policy 
  
   | Franklin’s proposed policy on donations of non-budgeted funds  (policy KCD) is the subject of two prior posts (#1 and #2).  In this post, we  address the supplement not supplant language. The proposed policy would  encourage and welcome future giving, but only to the extent that the donations  supplement rather than supplant – take the place of [...] | 
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