Original Date: 6\/25\/1996 * Last Revision Effective: 10\/27\/2023
\nPolicy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services<\/p>\n
As an institution of higher education, the college provides educational and support services primarily to adult learners. Under certain circumstances and under the auspices of special programs, students under the age of eighteen (18) also attend classes and\/or participate in programs or activities on campus.<\/p>\n
The college is a public facility of the state of Washington, available to its students as well as to the general public who may wish to use its facilities, learn about its services and programs, or attend functions on the campus. Citizens have the right to use the facilities of the college and to visit the campus during normal business hours of operation.<\/p>\n
The college recognizes that children often appropriately accompany adults during visits to campus. Children, however, need at all times to be under the supervision of a responsible adult. It is inappropriate for a parent to ask members of the college community\u2014administrators, faculty, staff, or students\u2014to assume these responsibilities, unless they are leaving the child in a college program sanctioned for children as defined in the procedures.<\/p>\n
Children without supervision or with supervision imposed upon college employees or students may disrupt the educational process or work setting, and possibly create a safety hazard for the children themselves or for others on the college campus.<\/p>\n
By this policy the college seeks to create a safer environment on campus, which is conducive to and supports the effective conduct of the educational process.<\/p>\n
For purposes of these procedures and pursuant to RCW 13.34.030<\/a>\u2013the Juvenile Court Act, RCW 74.13.020<\/a>\u2013Child Welfare Services, and RCW 26.28.010<\/a>\u2013Age of Majority, a child is any individual under the age of 18.<\/p>\n Original 6\/25\/1996 Board of Trustees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Original Date: 6\/25\/1996 * Last Revision Effective: 10\/27\/2023 Policy Contact: Vice President, Administrative Services Policy As an institution of higher education, the college provides educational and support services primarily to adult learners. Under certain circumstances and under the auspices of special programs, students under the age of eighteen (18) also attend classes and\/or participate in ...more about 6500 Children on Campus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"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-814","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814","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\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3606,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814\/revisions\/3606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Relevant Laws and Other Resources<\/h2>\n
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Revision History<\/h2>\n
\nRevisions 5\/10\/2005; 5\/21\/2009; 12\/20\/2011; 10\/15\/2015; 10\/27\/2023<\/p>\nApproved By<\/h2>\n