Promoting Physical Activity Through Joint Use Agreements: A Guide for North Carolina Schools and Communities to Develop Joint Use Agreements

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This resource provides insight into how shared use (joint use) agreements work. Often schools have verbal agreements which allow their facilities to be used by other parties during non-school hours.

While having access to schoolyards is a step in the right direction, it is important to create written agreements that define terms, detail partner responsibilities, specify hours of use, and address liability, in order to avoid any issues that could arise in the future.

In this manual you will learn about four different types of shared use agreements and about the many benefits of establishing a shared use agreement. You can also read about two state policies that support the creation of shared use and about two schools which have successfully implemented shared use agreements.

Access the Promoting Physical Activity Through Joint Use Agreements guide here.