BoardDocs Policy: Speech: Time, Place and Manner

	Administrative Procedures
Book:	Administrative Procedures
Section:	5000 Student Services
Title:	Speech: Time, Place and Manner
Number:	5550AP
Status:	Active
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SPEECH: TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER

The use of Free Speech Areas is subject to the following:

· Persons using the Free Speech Area(s) and/or distributing material in the Free Speech Area(s) shall not impede the progress of passersby, nor shall they force passersby to take material.
· No person using the Free Speech Area(s) shall touch, strike or impede the progress of passersby, except for incidental or accidental contact, or contact initiated by a passerby.
· Persons using a Free Speech Area shall not use any means of amplification that creates a noise or diversion that disturbs or tends to disturb the orderly conduct of the campus or classes taking place at that time.
· No persons using the Free Speech Area(s) shall solicit donations of money, through direct requests for funds, sales of tickets or otherwise, except where he or she is using the Free Speech Area(s) on behalf of and collecting funds for an organization that is registered with the Secretary of State as a nonprofit corporation or is an approved Associated Students Organization or club.

All persons using the Free Speech Area(s) of the college shall be allowed to distribute petitions, circulars, leaflets, newspapers, and other printed matter. Such distribution shall take place only within the Free Speech Area(s). Material distributed in the Free Speech Area(s) that is discarded or dropped in or around the Free Speech Area(s) other than in an appropriate receptacle must be retrieved and removed or properly discarded by those persons distributing the material prior to their departure from the Free Speech Area(s) that day.

Posting:

Students shall be provided with bulletin boards for use in posting student materials at campus locations convenient for student use. 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 designated authority. Materials displayed shall be removed after the passage of specified days.

Reference:
Education Code Section 76120