NOTICE OF
PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT
School
Board of Palm Beach County
RULE
TITLE: Eligibility for Participation in K-12 Extracurricular
Activities.
RULE
NUMBER: Policy 5.60.
SUBJECT
AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: 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.
PURPOSE
AND EFFECT: This revision incorporates provisions from the corresponding
administrative Directives, Pupil Progression Plan, and the new 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 an appeals process for students affected by a denial of
eligibility; provides for participation by home-education and certain
charter-school students.
SPECIFIC
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 1001.41(2) [230.22(2)]; 1006.15 [232.425], Fla.
Stat.
LAWS
IMPLEMENTED: §§ 1000.05 [228.2001];
1001.41(1), (2) [230.22(1), (2)]; 1006.15 [232.425]; 1006.20 [232.60-.69]; 1006.28(3)(b) [233.46(2)], Fla.
Stat.
CONTACT
PERSON: Linda Cowart, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. C-223, West Palm Beach, FL
33406.
THE
PRELIMINARY TEXT of the Proposed Policy Development may promptly be obtained
without cost from the District’s web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm (or from Office of Public
Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406).
RULE
DEVELOPMENT HEARING: It is anticipated that this policy development will be
considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on December 2, 2002, at 2:00 p.m., in the
Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is
open to the public.