Is a district required to waive minimum grade/credit hour eligibility requirements to enable a student to participate in extracurricular activities?
Maybe. This issue arises when a disabled student is denied participation in extracurricular activities because he or she hasn’t met the minimum grade/credit hour requirements for eligibility. As a general rule, a district can impose minimum grade/credit eligibility requirements to participate in extracurricular activities as long as it does so for disabled and non-disabled students alike. On the other hand, a district may be required to waive such eligibility requirements for extracurricular activities if a disabled student can establish that a district’s denial of FAPE caused the student’s low grades/credit hours. In addition, a district may choose to waive such eligibility requirements if a student needs to participate in extracurricular activities to receive FAPE.
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