Recently updated regulations from the State Ethics Commission in Massachusetts impact gift-giving to teachers in our schools. The rules were adjusted to allow teachers to receive a class gift or group gift of up to $150 a year, so long as individuals from the group are not named and the amounts by each individual are not listed. According to the new guidelines, individual students may offer a gift to teachers of up to $50, but teachers must report gifts to the Commission unless the gift is below $10 or is homemade.
For more examples for families and students, please visit the State Ethics website: http://www.mass.gov/ethics/gifts-to-public-school-teachers-and-staff.html