510.090 USE OF COLLEGE FACILITIES, PROPERTY AND
GROUNDS FOR FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES
Definitions
1. “College groups” means individuals or groups who are currently enrolled students or
current employees of the College, or guests of the College who are sponsored by a
recognized student organization, employee organization, or the administration of the
College.
2. “College facilities” includes all buildings, structures, grounds, office space, and parking
lots.
3. “Expressive activity" includes, but is not necessarily limited to, informational picketing,
petition circulation, the distribution of informational leaflets or pamphlets, speech-making,
demonstrations, rallies, appearances of speakers in outdoor areas, protests, meetings to
display group feelings or sentiments and/or other types of assemblies to share information,
perspective or viewpoints.
4. “Non-college groups” means individuals, or combinations of individuals, who are not
currently enrolled students or current employees of the College and who are not officially
affiliated or associated with, or invited guests of a recognized student organization,
recognized employee group, or the administration of the College.
Statement of Purpose
Clark Community College District 14 is an educational institution provided and maintained by
the people of the state of Washington. College facilities are reserved primarily for educational
use, including, but not limited to, instruction, research, public assembly of college groups,
student activities and other activities directly related to the educational mission of the
College. The public character of the College does not grant to individuals an unlimited license
to engage in activity which limits, interferes with, or otherwise disrupts the normal activities to
which the College's facilities and grounds are dedicated. Accordingly, the College
designates the common areas of the College as a limited public forum dedicated to the use of
College groups, subject to the time, place, and manner limitations and restrictions set forth in
this policy. Groups or individuals who are invited or permitted to engage in First Amendment
activities at the College do not represent an endorsement by Clark College or the Board of
Trustees.
The purpose of the time, place and manner regulations set forth in this procedure is to
establish procedures and reasonable controls for the use of college facilities. It is intended to
balance the College's responsibility to fulfill its mission as a state educational institution of
Washington with the interests of college groups seeking to assemble in common areas of the
campus for expressive activity. The College recognizes that College groups should be
accorded the opportunity to utilize the facilities and grounds of the College to the fullest extent
possible. The College has designated certain facilities as public use areas open to non-
college groups as set forth herein.
Use of Facilities
1. Subject to the regulations and requirements of this policy, groups may use the College’s
limited forums for expressive activities between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
2. Groups are encouraged to notify the College safety and security department no later than
twenty-four hours in advance of an event. However, unscheduled events are permitted so
long as the event does not materially disrupt any other function occurring at the facility.