Local boosters OK with new disclosure requirements

Starting in August, state officials started requiring disclosure from booster clubs and similar organizations handling more than $25,000.

Up until August, club officials were exempt from a state law requiring other charitable trusts and non-profit organizations to register with the attorney general's office. The law came in the wake of charges of embezzlement, theft and misuse of funds used intended to benefit students.

Club and school officials in area school districts discussed the new law for a story published in the Reflector.