Joint Use Agreement 3: Nonprofit Partnerships Allowing “Third-Party” Organizations (such as YMCAs or Boys & Girls Clubs) to Use Indoor and Outdoor Facilities After School Hours to Operate Programs Joint Use Agreement 3 is a model agreement between the school district and the local city, town, or county government (referred to generically as “City”), in which the school district agrees to allow the local government to open for community use designated school district indoor and outdoor recreation facilities, such as gymnasiums, playgrounds, blacktop areas, and playing fields during time, such as weekends and holidays, when the district is not using the facilities. It also allows for third parties, such as youth organizations or youth sports leagues, to operate recreation programs using school facilities. To implement an effective agreement, the parties must designate the specific recreation facilities to be opened to use and address access, security, supervision, maintenance, custodial services, and repairs or restitution. In addition, the agreement should contain a procedure for resolving disputes, a mechanism for scheduling use of the facilities, and an allocation of costs, risks, and insurance. The model agreement assumes the district has existing policies and procedures regulating third party use of district facilities that address access, fees, insurance requirements, and use of facilities. The agreement requires that third party users comply with those existing policies and procedures. If the district does not have existing policies addressing the requirements for We have developed model language for joint use agreements allowing public access to outdoor school facilities during non-school hours. You can download an editable version from www.changelabsolutions.org/ childhood-obesity/products/ nplan-joint-use-agreement. Playing Smart changelabsolutions.org | kaboom.org 101
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