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Student presenter wins board permission to send memorandum backing state bill to let athletics count for PE credit
Summary
A student presenter asked the board to let the student school board send a memorandum supporting House Bill 1008, which proposes that athletic participation (quarter credit per season) count toward the state's half-credit PE graduation requirement; the board voted to allow the student memo to be transmitted to the legislature after questions about logistics and process.
The Rapid City Area Schools student school board received board approval to send a memorandum of support for a state bill that would allow athletic participation to count toward the state-required physical education credit.
Trenton, the student presenter, told the board he worked with State Representative Kathy Rice to have the measure routed into the legislative process and asked the district to allow the student school board to send a memorandum to the legislature in support. "This policy would recognize the significant time, discipline, and physical effort required of the student athletes while maintaining the intent of the state's PE standards," he said.
Under the current version of what the student described…
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