Background
The students and employees of the District and members of the public shall be permitted to exercise their rights of free expression subject to the time, place, and manner policies and procedures contained in AP/BP 3900 titled Speech: Time, Place, and Manner and these procedures. The policy and procedures relating to use of facilities, distribution and posting of literature, and preventing disruption of instructional and/or other District activities do not apply to student news media.
These designated areas are chosen so as to provide visibility and allow communication to a large number of students, administrators, faculty, and others walking or traveling on campus but also so as not to disrupt educational and other activities of the District on behalf of students.
The purpose of these regulations is to foster free speech, assembly, and other expressive activities, while addressing the need of each Community College campus to make necessary arrangements to assure that such activities do not interfere with the College鈥檚 mission and operations or with the rights of others. Accordingly, these regulations are intended to facilitate peaceable assembly, the expression of ideas and opinions, and the distribution of materials, while ensuring the safe, orderly and peaceful flow of College business and educational activities.
The College President, or designee, may expand or relocate the Free Speech Area(s), or may open additional temporary space(s), as he/she may deem necessary.
The use of these designated areas for expressive activities shall be lawful, in accordance with District policy, and subject to the following:
- Use any means of amplification;
- Physically touch, strike, batter, or assault any person;
- Impede the progress of passersby;
- Undertake any activity that substantially disrupts the orderly operation, or substantially interferes with the education activities, of the College;
- Use speech or expression which is obscene according to current legal standards;
- Engage in illegal activities or activities which violate WVMCCD or campus rules;
- Solicit donations of money or solicit or conduct any sale or business of any kind, except as otherwise provided in any applicable Board Rules or administrative regulations.
Each campus shall have copies of this Administrative Regulation, copies of the campus time, place and manner regulation, and copies of the campus map identifying the FSA(s) and areas available for student expressive activity on hand at all times. Copies of this Administrative Regulation, the campus map, and the campus regulation shall be provided to persons seeking to use these areas.
Accessing the Free Speech Area(s)
The location of the Free Speech Area(s) on each College campus is/are identified on the College鈥檚 campus map. The Office of Student Services, or similar office, is also identified on the campus map. A copy of the campus map is available online on each College鈥檚 website.
Any visitor (defined as any persons unaffiliated with WVMCCD) seeking access to a College鈥檚 Free Speech Area(s) shall first report his/her/their presence to the Office of Student Services, or similar office, identified on the campus map. The visitor or organization representative shall be provided:
1) a copy of this Administrative Regulation; 2) a copy of the campus time, place, and manner regulation; and 3) a copy of the campus map. The visitor or organization representative shall be asked to complete the attached 鈥淰oluntary Acknowledgement Form.鈥� Representatives of organizations will also be asked to identify the organization and indicate the number of people expected to visit the Free Speech Area(s).
Completing the 鈥淰oluntary Acknowledgement Form鈥� is completely voluntary. No person or organization will be denied access to the FSA(s) for refusing to complete the 鈥淰oluntary Acknowledgement Form.鈥� The form is not a permit to use the Free Speech Area. The information provided on the form will be used to document your presence on campus, assess the need for security, and address capacity issues and overcrowding.
The West Valley-Mission Community College District does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admissions or access to, or treatment of or employment in, its programs or activities. Requests for alternate formats can be made by contacting the District Office, 14000 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070. Tel: +1 (408) 741-2011
Posting
Bulletin boards shall be provided for use in posting materials at campus locations convenient for use by students, staff, and members of the public. All materials displayed on a bulletin board shall clearly indicate the author or agency responsible for its production and shall be dated with the date of posting by the student activities office. Materials displayed shall be removed after the passage of twenty days.
More Details
- Petitions, and other printed matter shall not litter. All persons are encouraged to remove or properly discard any materials that were not removed or discarded in an appropriate receptacle in or around the areas used for expressive activities prior to their departure from the College at day.
- All persons who wish to use a table or place any large object on the campus, must obtain permission from the Office of Administrative Services only to ensure that the placement of the table or large object will not obstruct the college鈥檚 emergency fire lanes and normal college business.
- The Office of Administrative Services should be notified at least five (5) business days in advance of the activities that are anticipated to require security, impede pedestrian traffic, pose a substantial risk of disrupting the functioning of the College, or draw a crowd of at least fifty (50) people. Prior notice is requested to ensure: there is sufficient space for the large group event, the large group event does not conflict with any other scheduled use of the space, there are sufficient resources available for crowd control and security, and there is continued access to the college campus. If such advance notice is not feasible because of circumstances that could not be reasonably anticipated, such as because of ver recent or still unfolding news developments, the person or group should provide the Office of Administrative Services with as much advance notice as circumstances reasonably permit. Please complete the interest form if you are using a table to ensure you follow fire marshal guidelines at .
Free speech activity is permitted on campus and does not signify 最新麻豆影音视频 support of the free speech ideas and the activity may not align with College values.