The Jacksonville school board has clarified its policy for home schooled students who want to participate in district extra curricular activities.
Currently, there are no part time players in the district.
Assistant superintendent Matthew Moore says going forward, the ban on home schooled students participating in district 117 extra curricular activities has been formalized.
He says home schooled students will not be able to compete in extra curricular activities under the Jacksonville school district banner.
Moore says there may be negative feedback. But, he thinks it’s fair.
He says the school district cannot adequately monitor home schooled students and their grades.
Moore says one of the drawbacks to keeping it the way it is is that it could be that a student who would be in trouble with grades in school, could be pulled for home schooling..and allowed to participate. He says that could leave open the door of a find by the IHSA that the school would need to forfeit wins or trophies if the student wasn’t doing the required classroom work.