Code No. 504.7

Student Personnel

Student Activity Program

Non-School Participation Policy

 Participation in school activities is a privilege.  School activities  provide the benefits of promoting additional interests and ability in the students during their school years and for their lifetime.

Students will have an opportunity to participate in a school activity unless the activity is not offered, the activity is an intramural or interscholastic athletic activity or the student cannot participate for disciplinary reasons.  If the activity is an intramural or interscholastic athletic activity, students of the opposite sex will have a comparable opportunity for participation.  Comparable opportunity does not guarantee boys and girls will be allowed to play on each other’s teams when there are athletic activities that will allow both boys and girls to reap the benefits of school activities, which are the promotion of additional interests and abilities in the students.

Student activity events must be approved by the board unless it involves unusual travel expense, in which case the board will take action.  The events must not disrupt the education program or other school district operations.

A student (7-12) who participates in a school sponsored sport may participate in a non-school sponsored sport during the same season.

It shall be the responsibility of the appointed committee to develop administrative regulations for each school activity.  These regulations shall include, but not be limited to, when physical examinations will be required, how and when parents will be informed about the risk of the activity, academic requirements, and proof of insurance on the student participating in certain activities.  Students wanting to participate in school activities must meet the requirements set out by the school district for participation in the activity.

Legal Reference:  20 U.S.C. 1681-1683; 1685-1686 (1994).

                              34 C.F.R. Pt. 106.41 (1993).

                              Iowa Code Chapters 216.9; 280.13-.14 (2003).

                              281 I.A.C. 12.6, 36.15.

Approved:    December 23, 1997      

Reviewed:    November 15, 2004      

Revised: