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Policy change follows PIAA ruling to let resident private, charter and homeschooled students play for home public schools
Summary
The committee reviewed revisions to Policy 119 aligning district rules with a PIAA settlement: resident students who attend private, charter, cyber or homeschooled programs may participate in a public school's sport when their home school lacks that sport; the committee also discussed adding weekly grade checks to restore eligibility more quickly.
The policy committee reviewed updates to Policy 119 on interscholastic athletics that reflect a PIAA rule change and a locally requested eligibility adjustment. Elizabeth Satler explained that a recent PIAA settlement with private schools compelled the association and local districts to permit resident private-school students whose own schools lack particular sports to participate on their public home-school teams; that…
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