[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR108.3]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

       CHAPTER I--OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 108_EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR THE BOY SCOUTS 

OF AMERICA AND OTHER DESIGNATED YOUTH GROUPS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  108.3  Definitions.



    The following definitions apply to this part:

    (a) Act means the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, section 

9525 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended 

by section 901 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-110, 

115 Stat. 1425, 1981-82 (20 U.S.C. 7905).

    (b) Boy Scouts means the organization named ``Boy Scouts of 

America,'' which has a Federal charter and which is listed as an 

organization in title 36 of the United States Code (Patriotic and 

National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations) in Subtitle II 

(Patriotic and National Organizations), Part B (Organizations), Chapter 

309 (Boy Scouts of America).



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    (c) Covered entity means any public elementary school, public 

secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency 

that has a designated open forum or limited public forum and that 

receives funds made available through the Department.

    (d) Department means the Department of Education.

    (e) Designated open forum means that an elementary school or 

secondary school designates a time and place for one or more outside 

youth or community groups to meet on school premises or in school 

facilities, including during the hours in which attendance at the school 

is compulsory, for reasons other than to provide the school's 

educational program.

    (f) Elementary school means an elementary school as defined by 

section 9101(18) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended by section 901 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. 

L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, 1958 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

    (g) Group officially affiliated with any other Title 36 youth group 

means a youth group resulting from the chartering process or other 

process used by that Title 36 youth group to establish official 

affiliation with youth groups.

    (h) Group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts means a youth 

group formed as a result of a community organization charter issued by 

the Boy Scouts.

    (i) Limited public forum means that an elementary school or 

secondary school grants an offering to, or opportunity for, one or more 

outside youth or community groups to meet on school premises or in 

school facilities before or after the hours during which attendance at 

the school is compulsory.

    (j) Local educational agency means a local educational agency as 

defined by section 9101(26) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by section 901 of the No Child Left Behind Act 

of 2001, Pub. L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, 1961 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

    (k) Outside youth or community group means a youth or community 

group that is not affiliated with the school.

    (l) Premises or facilities means all or any portion of buildings, 

structures, equipment, roads, walks, parking lots, or other real or 

personal property or interest in that property.

    (m) Secondary school means a secondary school as defined by section 

9101(38) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by section 901 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. 

107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

    (n) State educational agency means a State educational agency as 

defined by section 9101(41) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by section 901 of the No Child Left Behind Act 

of 2001, Pub. L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

    (o) Title 36 of the United States Code (as a patriotic society) 

means title 36 (Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and 

Organizations), Subtitle II (Patriotic and National Organizations) of 

the United States Code.

    (p) Title 36 youth group means a group or organization listed in 

title 36 of the United States Code (as a patriotic society) that is 

intended to serve young people under the age of 21.

    (q) To sponsor any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts 

or with any other Title 36 youth group means to obtain a community 

organization charter issued by the Boy Scouts or to take actions 

required by any other Title 36 youth group to become a sponsor of that 

group.

    (r) Youth group means any group or organization intended to serve 

young people under the age of 21.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7905)