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Church Use of School District Property

This issue was brought up in the RockChurchEcpacTakeover project as many city leaders were comparing renting ECPAC to the use of schools for religious purposes. Thus we will summarize this here.

• Equal Access Act - Allow religious or nonreligious groups to have equal access to facilities if the district receives federal support: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Access_Act

• List of all School Districts in San Diego County: http://www.sdcoe.net/about-sdcoe/Pages/San-Diego-County-School-Districts.aspx

Cajon Valley Unified

San Diego Unified

• Policy Manual - http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/33/documents/policymanual.pdf

H--5150 Secondary school students may meet on their campuses after school for a limited open forum for religious, political, or philosophical discussions. Implementation of the Federal Equal Access Act does not signify district sanction or endorsement of any particular religious, philosophical, or political belief discussed in these open forums. Nothing within the district policies shall be construed to limit the authority of the school (or of its agents or employees) to maintain order and discipline on school premises, to protect the well-being of students and faculty, and to assure that attendance of students at meetings is voluntary.
(Approved 3--88. Related Procedures 4910, 6210, 6240, 6250, 6270, 9350.)

K--4010 It is the policy of the Board of Education that unauthorized uses of district property include:

a. Aiding any religious purpose or any denominational doctrine or instruction; except that temporary use may be granted upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Education deems proper, including a charge to offset the district's cost for such use.

b. Any public meeting or entertainment that reflects in any way on a citizen's race, color, creed, sex, or handicap. Uses that could result in picketing, rioting, disturbing the peace, or damage to property.

d. Sale of foodstuffs in competition with, or interfering with, school cafeteria operations.

e. A meeting of any group whose purpose is to overthrow the government of the United States or of the State of California.

f. The riding of any skateboard, roller blade, or roller skate type device on any property of the school district at any time. Exceptions may be made for supervised school-sanctioned events authorized by the site administrator.

(Approved 11--2003. Revised 11-18-03. Related Procedures 0220, 5020, 5340, 5341, 5375, 5500, 6250, 7045, 8250, 9205, 9206, 9217, 9220, 9226, 9229.)

Background

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• M1669 2016-07-22 Objection to Funding ECTLC -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1605 2015-04-29 CPRA on ECTLC -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1652 2015-03-16 CPRA Response on ECTLC on 3-16-2015 -- Morgan Foley CityOfElCajon
• M1513 2014-10-24 EL CAJON ARTS CENTER NOT THE PLACE FOR ROCK CHURCH -- RayLutz UnionTribune
• M1514 2014-10-24 ROCK CHURCH WOULD BE IDEAL TENANT FOR EL CAJON ARTS CENTER -- Tony Ambrose UnionTribune
• M1499 2014-09-23 Ten Conditions for Legal and Prudent Rental of ECPAC to The Rock Church and Other Users -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1501 2014-09-23 Group wants conditions for Rock Church lease -- Matt Johnson CbsNews
• M1489 2014-09-09 Controversy Surrounds Future Of East County Performing Arts Center -- Amita Sharma Maureen Cavanaugh Megan Burke Kbps News
• M1488 2014-09-05 Letter to Rock Church Regarding ECPAC Illegality -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1498 2014-09-05 ECPAC and the Rock Church: A Conflict of the First Amendment -- Nadin Abbott ReportingSanDiego
• M1487 2014-09-04 Issues of Concern Regarding Negotiations with Rock Church for Use of ECPAC and surrounding City Property -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1497 2014-08-27 Will East County Performing Arts Center become a church? -- Kinsee Morlan SanDiegoCityBeat
• M1483 2014-08-19 Request For Information Regarding Church Use of Public School Facilities -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1481 2014-08-12 Rock Church to lease El Cajon arts center -- KarenPearlman UnionTribune
• M1484 2014-08-12 El Cajon City Council Agenda Item 4.3 on ECPAC and Rock Church -- Douglas Williford CityOfElCajon
• M1449 2014-05-22 PERFORMING ARTS TENANTS SOUGHT -- With renovation of ECPAC set to begin, El Cajon wants to arrange some long-term leases -- KarenPearlman UnionTribune
• M1478 2014-05-14 Solicitation from the City of El Cajon for major ECPAC tenants -- Douglas Williford CityOfElCajon
• M1418 2014-03-18 Letter to City of El Cajon on ECPAC from Art Ballantyne -- Art Ballantyne
• M1416 2014-03-10 CPRA Request of City Of El Cajon Regarding ECPAC and Rock Church -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1417 2014-03-10 Formal Objection to Closed Session and ECPAC Lease Negotiations with The Rock Church -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
• M1479 2014-03-10 CPRA Response to request for ECPAC communications. -- CitizensOversight
• M1414 2014-02-27 East County Performing Arts Center in talks with Rock Church -- KarenPearlman UnionTribune
• M1526 2013-02-22 Civic Center Act Amended to Expand Definition of “Direct Costs” School Districts May Charge for Use of School Facilities and Grounds -- Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
• M1146 2011-02-21 Session deals with abusive teenage relationships -- Leonel Sanchez UnionTribune
• M1143 2011-02-18 DID SCHOOL DISTRICT VIOLATE CONSTITUTION BY HOLDING EVENT AT CHURCH? -- MiriamRaftery EastCountyMagazine
• M1139 2011-02-15 Healthy Relationships Flier -- School event held in churches -- GUHSD
• M1140 2011-02-15 C00035: Complaint of School Event Held at Church -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M1142 2011-02-15 Grossmont Schools Chief Rebuffs Demand, Will Attend Event at Sonrise Church in Santee -- KennethStone LaMesaPatch
• M1490 2010-09-07 The Rock Church clogs up Loma Portal -- Dorian Hargrove SanDiegoReader
• M1138 2010-07 Kansas Pastor David Jenkins Stood Up To Improper Fundamentalist Proselytizing In Schools – And You Should Too -- Rob Boston Americans United
• M1311 2010-05-24 JUDGING THE JUDGES: CHRISTIAN RIGHT TAKES AIM AT FOUR ON JUNE BALLOT -- EastCountyMagazine
• M943 2010-02-23 Obituary: HAMANN, ROBERT DALE -- UnionTribune
• M863 2008-05-13 ECPAC Expansion Proposal by Pacific Realty Advisors -- Pacific Realty Advisors
• M790 2007-11-13 Judgment Day -- Intelligent Design on Trial -- Pbs Nova
• M196 2007-11-01 Coils of the Serpent -- RaymondLutz Infinity Publishing
• M312 2007-10-18 El Cajon mixing religion into government -- KarenMarieOtter UnionTribune
• M178 2007-09-27 Councilman takes 'moment' for Christianity at meetings -- LizNeely UnionTribune
• M916 2007-09-27 C00008 - El Cajon City Council - Private meeting during meeting; Religious comments by McClellan -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
• M1496 2007-08-18 A mighty presence -- Rock Church has become one of the country's largest megachurches; critics see evils of traffic tie-ups, noise and exclusionary message -- Sandi Dolbee UnionTribune
• ZeitgeistTheMovie 2007-06-25 Zeitgeist The Movie -- Peter Joseph
• M49 2007-02-22 El Cajon shuns light on government by crony -- RaymondLutz UnionTribune
• M65 2006-10-26 El Cajon yanks religious programs off city channel -- LizNeely UnionTribune
• M67 2006-10-26 America's Godly Heritage: El Cajon's government access channel is stirring up some controversy -- RaymondLutz KOGO_TV
• M68 2006-10-26 Council denies Dems request to agendize item -- Joseph Pena EastCountyCalifornian
• KOGORadioInterview102506 2006-10-25 THE EL CAJON MAN WHOSE PROTESTS PROMPTED THE CITY TO REMOVE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS... -- Wade Douglas, Raymond Lutz KOGO_Radio
• M66 2006-10-25 El Cajon's Government Access Channel caused controversy -- RaymondLutz KOGO_TV
• M64 2006-10-19 EC council marries church and state on Channel 24 -- MiriamRaftery EastCountyCalifornian
• M63 2006-10-16 Religious, political videos pulled from city-owned TV after Democrats complain -- MiriamRaftery RawStory
• M662 2006-09-07 Religion and politics mix in East County -- Michael Mason EastCountyCalifornian
• M120 2006-07-13 Arts center foundation, El Cajon reach an agreement -- LizNeely UnionTribune
• M121 2006-06-29 Q&A: Paul Russell; Executive artistic director, East County Performing Arts Center -- Editor UnionTribune
• M545 2005-12-01 Little Notes: JOEL ANDERSON, candidate for the 77th Assembly District -- San Diego News Notes
• M135 2001-07-18 Church Lawsuit Fuels Religious-Freedom Fight -- Seth Lewis aclj.org
• M1486 1981 Call yourself a church and avoid unemployment and disability insurance -- California Court Of Appeal

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