DCB Student Handbook 2023-2024

25 | P a g e D C B S t u d e n t H a n d b o o k • Dakota College at Bottineau persons and organizations may publicly assemble on campus in any place where, at the time of the assembly, the persons assembling are permitted to be. No advance permission is required. If the expected attendance at an event with a guest speaker is twenty-five or more people, advance notice of no less than two weeks is required. • The buildings owned or controlled by Dakota College at Bottineau are not open for demonstrations, assembly, or speech. In furtherance of the Dakota College at Bottineau’s educational mission, the buildings owned or controlled by Dakota College at Bottineau are limited fora open only to faculty, staff, and students and their organizations. • Off-campus persons and organizations may not engage in expressive activities at the Dakota College at Bottineau except in accordance with these rules. Reservation of Space • Dakota College at Bottineau persons, organizations, and academic or administrative units who wish to publicly assemble in a particular room or space at a particular time may reserve the room or space. Individual faculty, staff, and students may not reserve an indoor space, except as related to an educational activity of the Dakota College at Bottineau. Off-campus persons or organizations may only reserve a particular room or space for a public assembly with the advance approval of the Campus Dean. • Reservation requests from recognized student, faculty, and staff organizations or academic or administrative units shall receive precedence over requests from individual persons, unrecognized organizations, or any off-campus persons or organizations. • A Dakota College at Bottineau person, organization, or academic or administrative unit with a reservation has the right to the reserved room or space for the time covered by the reservation. Any person or organization using or occupying the room or space without a reservation must yield control of the room or space in time to permit any person, organization, or academic or administrative unit with a reservation to begin using the room or space promptly at the beginning of its reserved time. Reservations for outdoor spaces are not required but are strongly encouraged. Reservations for indoor spaces are required, although this requirement may be waived by the Campus Dean or designee. Fees for Reserving Space • The Campus Dean may prescribe a fee schedule for reserving specified campus spaces. The schedule shall be made available at the Dean’s Office on request and shall be based on the actual expenses incurred by the campus in making the space available. The schedule must not be wholly or partially based on viewpoint- or content-based criteria but may include security and logistic fees based on the venue, the anticipated attendance, historical protest activity at events of similar attendance, and other content-neutral factors. The criteria used to establish the fee schedule shall be made publicly available. • Dakota College at Bottineau may not retain funds beyond its actual expenses unless the reserving party or group charges admission to the event. The fee schedule must be applied equally to all persons or organizations, without reference to the content or viewpoint of the proposed assembly, except as otherwise governed by campus policies. • The Campus Dean or designee may waive any applicable fee for an assembly contributing to the educational mission of the institution or engaging in charitable work. • Academic and administrative units are not subject to the fee schedule. Notice and Consultation • Dakota College at Bottineau persons or organizations may publicly assemble on campus in any place where, at the time of the assembly, the persons assembling are permitted to be. • Students or student organizations planning a public assembly with a guest speaker and expected attendance of more than twenty-five participants, including potential counter- demonstrators, are required to provide advance notice of no less than two weeks to the Campus Dean. Students or student organizations planning smaller assemblies or large assemblies without a guest speaker are encouraged to consult the Campus Dean if there is uncertainty about applicable Dakota College at Bottineau rules, the appropriateness of the planned location, or possible conflict with other events. The Campus Dean can help the planners avoid unintended disruption or other violations that may result in subsequent discipline or subsequent interference with the assembly by campus authorities. • Registered faculty organizations that are planning a public assembly with a guest speaker and an expected attendance of more than twenty-five participants, including potential counter-demonstrators, are required to provide notice of no less than two weeks to the Campus Dean. • Registered staff organizations that are planning a public assembly with a guest speaker and an expected attendance of more than twenty-five participants, including potential counter-demonstrators, are required to provide notice of no less than two weeks to the Campus Dean. • The notice and consultation requirements of this subchapter do not apply to academic or administrative units.