Legal Question in Education Law in California

Use of school facilities by non-profit organizations

Ww are a non-profit group that provides a youth athletic program. What rights do we have to the use of public school facilities and can we be charged a rental fee if we do not require additional services?


Asked on 3/05/01, 12:52 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Redenbacher Redenbacher & Brown, LLP

Re: Use of school facilities by non-profit organizations

Virtually all public school districts have to allow the public to use their facilities when not in use by the district. Contact the district and they will usually have forms to fill out for use of the facilities. When I ran non-profit youth basketball leagues in the days before law, it didn't cost anything to use the gyms. For-profit organizations were, however, charged a fee.

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Answered on 5/09/01, 4:31 pm


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