Education Code Sections 82537 and 82542 Title 5 Sections 59601 et seq.
There is a Civic Center at each of the colleges and the District Office. The Civic
Centers are the classrooms and public meeting areas at each location. Use of the Civic
Center shall be granted as provided by law. The Chancellor shall establish procedures
regarding the use of District property and facilities, including property designated
by the District as a Civic Center, by community groups, outside contractors, and others.
The administrative procedure shall reflect the requirements of applicable law, including
Education Code Section 82537, regarding Civic Centers. The procedures shall include
reasonable rules regarding the time, place, and manner of use of District facilities.
They shall assure that persons or organizations using District property are charged
such fees as are authorized by law. Public use of District property shall not interfere
with scheduled instructional programs or other activities of the District on behalf
of students.
No group or organization may use District property to unlawfully discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, military or veteran status,
disability, sex (i.e., gender), gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation,
or the perception that a person has one or more of the foregoing characteristics,
or because a person associates with a person or group with one or more of these actual
or perceived characteristics, or on any basis prohibited by law.
Use of the District's Civic Centers will be only for the purposes described by the
California Legislature in Education Code Section 82537(a). These purposes include
use by associations "formed for recreational, educational, political, economic, artistic,
or moral activities of the public school districts" in order to "engage in supervised
recreational activities" or "meet and discuss, from time to time, as they may desire,
any subjects and questions which in their judgment appertain to the educational, political,
economic, artistic, and moral interests of the citizens of the communities in which
they reside" (Education Code Section 82537(a)). In granting permission to use the
Civic Centers, the District will not discriminate on the basis of viewpoint with regard
to organizations engaging in expressive activities on the topics and subject matters
articulated above.
Revised: June 15, 2015 (Previously BP1330) References Updated: April 5, 2016
Related Documents:
AR 6700 Civic Center and Other Facilities Use.pdf
BP 3900 Speech - Time Place and Manner.pdf
In-House Facilities Request Form NC.pdf
SAC Electronic Facilities Use Application 2015.pdf
Vendor Packet 2020.pdf