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Board weighs New Covenant baseball co-op; PIAA rules and resident priority drive debate
Summary
The district discussed a proposed cooperative agreement with New Covenant for baseball. Administrators warned PIAA rules limit excluding nonresident private-school students; board members raised concerns about protecting playing time for district students and opening precedent for other programs.
At the Aug. 5 Committee of the Whole meeting, the Northern Lebanon School District considered a proposed baseball cooperative agreement with New Covenant, a private school seeking to combine teams with the district.
Athletics staff and legal counsel explained that cooperative agreements with private schools are governed by Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) rules and a related settlement framework. The district was told it cannot categorically exclude nonresident private-school students from…
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