Original Date: 6\/11\/2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Last Revision Effective: NA<\/p>\n
Policy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services<\/p>\n
The following procedures are established to meet the requirements for implementing policy 6110 Flag Displays on Campus.<\/p>\n
These procedures refer to flag displays on official college flagpole(s). Generally, United States and State of Washington flags will be flown 24 hours a day, seven days a week with proper lighting. Additionally, the United States flag and Washington State flags will be flown at the athletic flagpole.\u00a0 Flags may be taken down due to extreme inclement weather at the direction of the director of public safety.<\/p>\n
In conformance with RCW 1.20.017<\/a> Display of national league of families\u2019 POW\/MIA flag, the POW\/MIA flag will be displayed as mandated by federal law on the following days:<\/p>\n If the designated day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the POW\/MIA flag will be displayed on the preceding Friday.<\/p>\n The college will lower flags displayed to half-staff on the following days and circumstances:<\/p>\n Additional flags may be flown if the college president or their designee determines the flag to be an expression of the college\u2019s official government speech, an expression of the college\u2019s official sentiments, and relationships, or in fulfillment of the college\u2019s official mission and core values, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n Requests for additional flags to be flown may be submitted to the president\u2019s office in writing at least six weeks before the relevant date(s) to fly such flags. Flags will be flown for an agreed upon duration at the time of approval.<\/p>\n Commemorative flags shall mean a flag that identifies with a specific event, cause, theme, nation, or group of people that the college chooses to honor, recognize, or commemorate consistent with the college\u2019s mission and core values.<\/p>\n Except as provided above, commemorative flags may be displayed only as authorized by the college president or their designee as an expression of the college\u2019s official government speech. Commemorative flags must be smaller than the United States flag but may be the same size or smaller than the Washington State flag being flown. Flags will be flown for an agreed upon duration at the time of approval. Requests regarding flag displays should be directed to the office of the president in writing.<\/p>\n Official College Flagpole: primary college flagpole currently located in the center of Landerholm Circle.<\/p>\n Official College Athletic Flagpole: located at the nexus of athletic fields, installed for display of the United States and Washington State flags.<\/p>\n The office of public safety maintains flag displays. Questions and requests regarding flag displays should be directed to the office of the president in writing.<\/p>\n RCW 1.20.015<\/a> Display of national and state flags<\/p>\n RCW 1.20.017<\/a> Display of national league of families\u2019 POW\/MIA flag<\/p>\n 6120 Use of Community College District VIII Facilities by College Groups and Non-College Groups for First Amendment Activities<\/a><\/p>\n Original 6\/11\/24<\/p>\n APPROVED BY<\/p>\n President\u2019s Cabinet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Original Date: 6\/11\/2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Last Revision Effective: NA Policy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services Purpose The following procedures are established to meet the requirements for implementing policy 6110 Flag Displays on Campus. Procedure These procedures refer to flag displays on official college flagpole(s). Generally, United States and State of Washington flags will be flown 24 ...more about 6110P Flag Displays on Campus (Procedures)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3305,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3810\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Lowering Flags to Half Staff<\/h3>\n
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Additional Flags<\/h3>\n
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Symbolic\/Commemorative Flags<\/h3>\n
Definitions<\/h2>\n
Responsibilities<\/h2>\n
Relevant Laws and other Resources<\/h2>\n
Revision History<\/h2>\n