Board extends and then formalizes policy allowing homeschooled students to try out for cheer and dance

The Robertson County School Board on Aug. 11 approved a revision to district policy that allows homeschooled students to try out for cheerleading and dance-team positions, extending the prior temporary allowance and removing a sunset clause so the policy will remain in effect.

The policy change was discussed as a second-reading item that the board had previously reviewed on first reading. A board member asked if removing the sunset language would make the policy permanent; a director clarified she had originally mentioned an additional year but agreed it could be edited to remove the sunset and become ongoing policy. The board then voted 6-0 to approve the recommended change.

Board members said the policy allows homeschooled students to try out for positions on cheer and dance teams under the same tryout procedures used for other students. The meeting packet included the policy language and the board discussed that this item had been before them for first reading at an earlier meeting.

No amendments to eligibility criteria beyond the tryout provision were adopted at the meeting. The board approved the policy revision on second reading by a 6-0 vote.