54. Student Eligibility:
Home Educated Students
A home-educated student is eligible to participate in
interscholastic athletics if the following conditions are met:
The local school committee of a MIAA public school
member institution has adopted a policy regarding participation of home
educated students on the high school teams, and the local building principal
has indicated such on the annual MIAA membership form while including all home
schoolers in the MIAA enrollment report.
The Educational Plan for the home-educated student has
been approved by the public school Superintendent or his/her designee.
The Principal has determined appropriate high school
grade level placement (9-12) for each home educated student in conjunction with
chronological age and educational plan.
The student resides in the school district that serves
the high school, and is living with his/her parents or legal guardians in the
family residence. In multiple school districts, a home-educated student must be
assigned to the school of record in the same manner as other students.
The Principal is satisfied that the student meets the
standards for athletic participation required for all other students as defined
in the current MIAA Handbook. This includes, but is not limited to, those rules
governing transfers, academic eligibility, age requirements, and the number of
consecutive seasons of athletic eligibility beyond grade eight.
MIAA requirements relative to academic eligibility
must be certified by the Principal at the same times that all other student
athletes are to be certified as academically eligible.
If the Principal determines that all eligibility
standards detailed above have been met, the Principal may declare the student
eligible to participate in interscholastic competition. The rights, privileges,
and responsibilities associated with all other
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student athletes attending
MIAA member schools will apply to home educated students who have satisfied the
requirements above.