D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 19, r. 19-710
In accordance with D.C. Code § 31-201 (1998 Repl.), public school buildings and grounds located in the District may be used for supplementary educational purposes, civic meetings for the free discussion of public questions, social centers, centers of recreation, and playgrounds.
School facilities shall not be used for sectarian purposes.
Public school grounds and related facilities may be used by private and parochial schools for athletic contests.
The use for school purposes of school buildings and grounds under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education shall have precedence over their use for social, recreational, community, or civic purposes.
The responsibility for the use of school facilities for school functions, conferences of persons employed by the Board of Education, parents' meetings, commencement exercises, exhibitions of school work connected with day or evening school programs, civil service examinations, and other education or nonrecreational purposes shall remain with the Board of Education.
In addition to other purposes authorized by law, the Department may be authorized by the Board of Education to use school buildings and grounds for establishing the following:
Authorizations by the Board of Education for the use of school facilities by the Department shall be subject to review and rescindment for cause by the Board of Education.
The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall, from time to time, request the Board of Education to authorize the Department to use certain specified school buildings and grounds.
The school buildings and grounds requested shall, insofar as practicable, conform with the Recreation System Plan developed by the National Capital Planning Commission.
The Department shall not grant the use of public school buildings and grounds except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless specific approval is given by order of the Board of Education.
The Department may establish and operate social centers, centers of recreation, and community playgrounds, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in public school buildings and on public school grounds that are approved by the Board of Education.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 19, r. 19-710