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Rule Number: 1268
Rule Title: VISITING SPEAKERS
Rule Text: Persons not employed by the Board of Education or who are not currently enrolled in any Los Angeles Unified School District school may speak to groups of students on District premises only before officially organized classes, officially chartered clubs, or officially scheduled assemblies, meetings, or activities. The principal of each school shall establish regulations regarding the appearance of visiting speakers. Such regulations shall include but need not be limited to the following: A. A speaker may address a class only if invited to do so by the instructor. The instructor shall notify the principal or his or her designee in advance whenever such a speaker is scheduled to appear. The instructor shall have notified and received consent from the principal or his or her designee in advance of the time a speaker is scheduled to appear. The principal shall be given at least 48-hour prior notice unless it is an emergency situation in which it would be impossible to provide the principal with 48-hour notice. B. A speaker may be invited to address the official membership of a recognized club at the regular time and meeting place of the club only if approval has been given by the club membership and the faculty advisor as well as the principal or his or her designee and if regulations established by the principal are followed. C. A speaker may address an officially scheduled assembly, meeting, or activity of students only if permission to extend the invitation has been obtained. D. Permission may be extended by the principal or his or her designated representative with respect to each of the above activities if the following criteria are met: 1. The speaker shall be judged to be competent to speak on his or her specialty by virtue of study, training, or experience. 2. The address or program contemplated shall be judged to have educational value within the context of the time and place at which it is to be delivered. 3. The program contemplated shall not interfere with the normal program and activities of the school. 4. The program contemplated shall conform to requirements established in law and in Board policy. E. Review and Appeal. Should the school principal deny an outside speaker an opportunity to speak, on the basis of this Rule, or should the principal deny the request because of Board Rule 1251-A, B, and D or because the proposed speech will disrupt, the sponsor may, within two days after notification, (which will include the bases for the denial), ask for a hearing which will be convened before the Elementary District Assistant Superintendent. The Board will be the final authority if an appeal is to be carried forward beyond the Elementary District Assistant Superintendent level. (Adopted 9-6-73)
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