School Board of Palm Beach County

RULE TITLE: Eligibility for Participation in K-12 Extracurricular Activities.

RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.60.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update standards for scholastic, behavioral, and general eligibility requirements for participation in K-12 extracurricular activities, including non-sports interscholastic competitive activities and clubs; and nondiscriminatory practices in allowing students and appropriate employees to participate.

SUMMARY: This revision incorporates provisions from the corresponding administrative Directives, Student Progression Plan, and K-20 Education Code; specifies how to track data on equitable participation levels, without discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, disability, sex, marital status, or limited English proficiency; strengthens the residence requirements for participation in the school to which the student is first assigned in a given year; provides for participation by home-education and certain charter-school students; and clarifies that students may be required to cover the cost of their athletic insurance as a prerequisite to participating.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2); 1006.15, Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1000.05; 1001.41(1), (2); 1006.15; 1006.20; 1006.28(3)(b), Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (OPTIONAL, IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm.

CONTACT PERSONS: Yetta Green and Dianne Howard, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSON ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Dianne Howard and Linda Cowart.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: June 28, 2004.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: June 14, 2004, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on August 2, 2004, anticipated to begin at 2:15 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by July 26 on the District’s Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in these meetings is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This meeting is open to the public.