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Article: STUDY AT HOME, STAY AT HOME; EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ARE OUT OF REACH FOR MOST HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2005
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Byline: Nawal Qarooni Contributing writer
In New York, public schools are prohibited from allowing home-schooled children to participate in interscholastic sports, but each district can set its own policy on extracurricular activities.
In Central New York, the trend is overwhelming: Just four of 41 school districts that replied to a Post-Standard survey allow home-schooled students to march in the band, act in the school play, join the dance team or participate in similar activities.
Thirty-six districts bar extracurricular activities for home-schooled students. One district has not formally tackled the question, and seven did not respond.
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