Community
Relations
Rules for
Facilities
The
board subscribes to the belief that public schools are owned and operated by
and for its patrons. The public is
encouraged to use school facilities but shall be expected to reimburse the
district for such use to insure that funds intended for education are not used
for other purposes. On recommendation of
the superintendent, the board shall set the rental rates schedule.
The
superintendent is authorized to establish procedures for use of school
facilities, including rental rates, supervisory requirements, restrictions, and
security. Those using school facilities
shall maintain insurance for accident and liability covering persons using the
district’s facilities under the sponsorship of the organization. For rental rate purposes, organizations
seeking the use of school facilities have been divided into three categories:
School or Child-related Groups include those organizations whose main purpose is to
promote the welfare of boys and girls within the local community of the
Nonprofit Groups or Other Government Agencies include those organizations which might wish to use
school facilities for lectures, promotional activities, rallies, entertainment,
college courses, or other activities for which public halls or commercial
facilities generally are rented or owned.
Wedding and funeral services shall be under the supervision of a
licensed or certified director or person(s) approved by the Facilities
Supervisor. Facilities are
available for these uses on weekends and after
The
district shall charge a rental rate in excess of costs incurred, except that
such excess charges may be waived when a service club or other nonprofit group
is raising funds for charitable purposes.
To be granted this exception, the charitable organization must be
recognized by the Philanthropic Division of the Better Business Bureau. Professional fund raisers representing
charities must provide evidence that they are registered and bonded by the
state of
Commercial Enterprises include profit-making organizations and
business-related enterprises. While the
district would prefer these organizations use commercial or private facilities,
facilities may be rented for non-regular use at the prevailing rate charged by
commercial facilities in the area.
District-sponsored
activities, including curricular and co-curricular functions, retain first
priority in use of facilities.
Authorization for use of school facilities shall not be considered as
endorsement of or approval of the activity group or organization nor for the
purposes it represents.
Legal References:
RCW
28A.320.510
RCW
28A.335.150
RCW
28A.335.155
RCW 4.24.660
AGO 1973 No.
26, Initiative No. 276
Legal References:
RCW
28A.320.510
Night school,
summer schools, meetings, use of facilities for.
Every board of directors, unless otherwise
specifically provided by law, shall:
(1)
Authorize school
facilities to be used for night schools and establish and maintain the same
whenever deemed advisable;
(2)
Authorize school
facilities to be used for summer schools or for meetings, whether public,
literary, scientific, religious, political, mechanical, agricultural or
whatever, upon approval of the board under such rules or regulations as the
board of directors may adopt, which rules or regulations may require a
reasonable rental for the use of such facilities.
RCW
28A.335.150
Permitting
use and rental of playgrounds, athletic fields or athletic facilities.
Boards of directors of school districts are hereby authorized
to permit the use of, and to rent school playgrounds, athletic fields, or
athletic facilities, by, or to, any person or corporation for any athletic
contests or athletic purposes.
Permission to use and/or rent said school playgrounds,
athletic fields, or athletic facilities shall be for such compensation and
under such terms as regulations of the board of directors adopted from time to
time so provide.
RCW
28A.335.155
Use of
buildings for youth programs—Limited immunity.
In order to facilitate school districts permitting the
use of school buildings for use by private nonprofit groups operating youth
programs, school districts shall have a limited immunity in accordance with RCW
4.24.660. Nothing in RCW 4.24.660,
including a school district’s failure to require a private nonprofit group to
have liability insurance, broadens the scope of a school district’s liability.
RCW 4.24.660
Liability of
school districts under contracts with youth programs.
(1)
A school district
shall not be liable for an injury to or the death of a person due to action or
inaction of persons employed by, or under contract with, a youth program if:
(a)
The action or
inaction takes place on school property and during the delivery of services of
the youth program;
(b)
The private
nonprofit group provides proof of being insured, under an accident and
liability policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in
this state, that covers any injury or damage arising from delivery of its
services. Coverage for a policy meeting
the requirements of this section must be at least fifty thousand dollars due to
bodily injury or death of one person, or at least one hundred thousand dollars
due to bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any incident; and
(c)
The group
provides proof of such insurance before the first use of the school
facilities. The immunity granted shall
last only s long as the insurance remains in effect.
(2)
Immunity under
this section does not apply to any school district before
(3)
As used in this
section, “youth programs” means any program or service, offered by a private
nonprofit group, that is operated primarily to provide persons under the age of
eighteen with opportunities to participate in services or programs.
(4)
This section does
not impair or change the ability of any person to recover damages for harm done
by: (a) Any contractor or employee of school district acting in his or her
capacity as a contractor or employee; or (b) the existence of unsafe facilities
or structures or programs of any school district.
AGO 1973 No.
26, Initiative No. 276
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district – Use of school facilities for presentation of programs – Legislature
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