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Board questions facility‑use insurance language in policy 7510, asks for further review
Summary
Trustees discussed policy 7510's wording that allows the district discretion to require insurance for outside users; members asked why the district would ever decline to require insurance and agreed to bring the policy back for review at a future meeting.
Board members reopened discussion of Policy 7510, which governs facility use and insurance requirements for outside groups, asking whether the district should change discretionary language so outside users must carry insurance.
A trustee asked, when would the district not require insurance for an outside group using school facilities? The presenter explained the policy currently gives the district discretion (may/shall language) and cited examples where the district has not required insurance—such as parent‑organized vendor fairs at Jackson or certain rehearsals by outside arts groups—because parent organizations are independent and the district has covered incidents at those events in the past.
Trustees noted that vendor fairs and similar events may not require separate insurance filings from parent organizations, and expressed concern about the district bearing liability costs. One member suggested asking the district attorney for guidance and agreed it would be useful to return policy 7510 to a future agenda with clarified language.
No formal action was taken; members agreed to review and possibly revise the policy wording at a subsequent meeting.
