A student in grade seven through twelve, who is enrolled in a District-sponsored community school established under R.C. Chapter 3314 and entitled to attend school in the District under R.C. 3313.64 or R.C. 3313.65, shall be provided with the opportunity to participate in any extra-curricular activities, including interscholastic athletics, offered by the District, provided that, as a condition of participating in such activities, the community school student enrolls and participates in at least one (1) academic course in the District. The student will be required to enroll in a course at the same school building offering the extra-curricular activity and will be placed in such course once all other students who are assigned to such school building have enrolled in such course. If the course is full, the student may select and enroll in another course in the building offering the activity.

The eligible community school student may participate in any extra-curricular activities offered by the school building to which the student would otherwise be assigned. In the event the District operates more than one (1) school building at the student’s grade level, the student may participate in those extra-curricular activities offered by the school building to which the student would otherwise be assigned by the Superintendent in accordance with R.C. 3319.01. If a student attends a community school operated by another school district or sponsored by an entity other than a school district, s/he will not be permitted to participate in an extra-curricular activity in the District.

In order to participate in any extra-curricular activity, an eligible community school student will be subject to the same eligibility requirements (i.e., academic and nonacademic eligibility standards and financial requirements) applied to all other students of the District as specified in Board policy, administrative guidelines, the student handbooks and/or the Athletic Handbook. No eligible community school student will be charged any fees in excess of those fees charged to other students for participation in the same extra-curricular activity.

R.C. 3313.537

Adopted 3/20/06
Revised 9/11/06