Sec. 10-239. Use of school facilities for other purposes.
Sec. 10-239. Use of school facilities for other purposes. (a) Any local or regional
board of education may provide for the use of any room, hall, schoolhouse, school
grounds or other school facility within its jurisdiction for nonprofit educational or community purposes whether or not school is in session.
(b) Any local or regional board of education may grant the temporary use of rooms,
halls, school buildings or grounds or any other school facilities under its management
or control for public, educational or other purposes or for the purpose of holding political
discussions therein, at such time when the school is not in session and shall grant such
use for any purpose of voting under the provisions of title 9 whether or not school is in
session, in each case subject to such restrictions as the authority having control of such
room or building, grounds or other school facility considers expedient.
(1949 Rev., S. 1492; 1959, P.A. 122; 1963, P.A. 155; P.A. 78-21, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1959 act applied provisions to use of school grounds or other school facilities; 1963 act added specific provision
for use of schools as voting places; P.A. 78-21 divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b), replaced requirements that two-thirds vote at any legal meeting required for use of school facilities for nonschool uses and that such use to be allowed
only when not used for school purposes with provision that board of education makes decision and that use for nonprofit
educational or community purposes may be allowed whether or not school is in session and deleted references to school
districts, towns, cities and boroughs.