Community Use of Public Facilities

Interagency Coordinating Board

Please note that the dates listed here were current as of April, 2004. Check with Community Use of Public Facilities for current information.

What is the Interagency Coordinating Board (ICB)?

The ICB is a 12-member policy board dedicated to making policy decision, which encourage community use. The ICB’s mission is to maximize community use of public facilities without interfering with the school instructional program, while maintaining an appropriate balance of user fees and reimbursements to the school system for the costs of shared use. The ICB also encourages the creation and delivery of programs and services in neighborhood schools.

What is the Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF)?

CUPF implements policies established by the ICB

How Does the ICB Set Fees, Policies, and Procedures?

Like many other organizations the ICB has a Citizens Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the Board on policies, procedures and fees. Another way the ICB gathers information from citizens on fees and procedures is through focus groups. Child care providers, religious groups, cultural schools, business organizations, and other user groups are invited to meet with the Director of Community Use of Public Facilities, Ginny Gong, to provide comments and suggestions on the services received, as well as on fees and procedure.

Who Gets Free Use?

Non-profit weekday activities run by volunteers that are free to participants;

ESOL classes that are free to participants and are run by

Volunteers;

Adult Basic Education/GED classes;

Field use for non-profit activities;

Weekday PTA activities that are non-fee supported and closely related to the educational function of the K-12 academic program;

All weekday K-12 activities

How Many Tax Dollars Support the Community Use of Public Facilities Program?

ZERO! Community Use of Public Facilities operates as an Enterprise Fund, supported totally by fees from community users. In fact, the ICB pays approximately $170,000 back to the County’s general fund each year to cover the administrative impact of payroll, accounting and legal services. Not only does the community benefit from the many services provided in neighborhoods, but the school system benefits, too. In addition to reimbursing the school system for staff costs, utilities, and supplies, Community Use of Public Facilities also awards nearly $580,000 each year directly to individual schools based on hours of community use.

New Scheduling Windows:	For use during:
September 1 - March 31	Submit building use form by July 15-August 1 SPECIAL PTA PRIORITY WINDOW: till August 15
April 1 - August 31	Submit building use form by January 15- February 1

240-777-2706

Additional ICB Information, including a letter from Ginny Gong, Director of Community Use of Public Facilities, April, 2004.

Created October, 2001

Revised April, 2004