Pilot program two steps from becoming law
A Senate bill that would allow private school students to participate in public school athletics won House approval Wednesday after heated debate. House members amended the bill so only three counties would launch a two-year pilot program, to begin this fall.
The bill would allow private school students to participate in public school sports at the middle and high school levels, as long as their schools do not offer those programs or are not members of the Florida High School Athletic Association. The pilot program would be held in Duval, Bradford and Nassau counties and still requires final approval by the Senate and Gov. Charlie Crist.
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more ways for the rich to get what they want
Posted by: this sucks | April 30, 2008 at 07:01 PM
This is wrong there is no way this schould be happining. Can an educated person (none of that 'oh we get what we want' from the last blog post) tell me what good can come from this. We have problems with all that is going on in our world and now we want to create a new one. to play a sport go to a school that has the sport that you want to play. if that school does not have it then Petition the school to get it.
Posted by: Private school grad | May 02, 2008 at 11:31 AM