Is a private party holding the service on school property?
If a school rents its facilities to community groups, generally it may not deny equal use of its facilities to religious groups. For more information on this issue specifically, consult our FAQ on Churches Renting Public Schools. If you believe that a school has abandoned its normal facilities rental policy and granted a religious group free use of school property to conduct a baccalaureate service, request verification from the school district that payment was made or contact FFRF for assistance. Use of school facilities for a baccalaureate service is also a factor to be considered by a court when determining if a baccalaureate service would appear to a reasonable observer to be school sponsored. This means that if a service violates some of the other topics covered in this FAQ, holding the service on school property may also be a violation.
