I'm not by any means an expert on education law, but I know that public
school districts must provide a number of services to private school
students living within their boundaries. Textbooks, transportation,
speech and language services, health-related services, the opportunity
to participate in sports, and more, may be the responsibility of the
public schools. The exact requirements obviously vary from state to
state and district to district, but they definitely exist. I found
references (many!) on the web to districts that had to provide bus
service to parochial school students and textbooks to private schools.
I found an article from an Arizona paper about a state law which permits
home-schooled students to compete on school teams.
(http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1015homeschool15.html )
Anne-Marie Gordon, Librarian
Livonia Primary School
Livonia, NY
agordon@livoniacsd.org
http://www.livoniacsd.org/primaryschool/gordon/index.htm
"A life without stories would be no life at all." --from Alexander
McCall Smith's, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies.
>>> Mark Williams <markwilliams@MAKAW.NET> 10/17/05 6:27 PM >>>
No publicly-funded school has an 'obligation' to service students of
parents who have voluntarily sent their children to private
schools.
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