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Board hears update on PIAA consent order that could let faith‑based students play for home‑district teams
Summary
District leaders told the board that a PIAA consent order permits students who attend faith‑based schools to participate in fall public-school sports in their district of residence when the faith-based school does not offer the sport. Staff flagged open questions about transportation, academics and how such students count for settlement/enrollment calculations.
The Mechanicsburg Area School District board received an update Oct. 7 on a PIAA consent order that temporarily allows some faith‑based students to participate on public‑school teams in their home districts.
District leaders said the consent order applies to fall sports and permits "faith-based students" to join their resident public-school teams only if the faith-based school does not offer that sport. The order is currently limited to…
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