Do PTAs, Boosters, and other external groups need district approval for their fundraisers?

By default, external groups are Unmanaged, meaning they are autonomous and do not require district approval to run fundraisers. However, districts can enable Managed External Groups, which makes approval through the district required for every external group. Membership in these groups remains self-managed, but the approval requirement is a global setting—all external groups are either Managed or Unmanaged. You cannot pick and choose on a group-by-group basis.