Could a district partner with a contractor to pay for a billboard?
For purposes of this question, the billboard encourages the public to ‘build a home in the contractor’s development so that the children will attend that specific school district’.
The district school board would need to establish the public purpose of spending district funds for this purpose and ensure that there is no legal violation in using public funds for private purposes. In addition, the district board would need to determine there are no ethical violations in the arrangement with the contractor.