Is a district required to waive uniform age-eligibility requirements to enable a disabled student to participate in interscholastic athletics?
Maybe. This issue arises when a student is retained early in his or her school career for disability-related reasons and “ages out” of interscholastic athletic competition while in high school. As a general rule, a district can impose uniform age-eligibility requirements to participate in interscholastic athletics 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 interscholastic athletics if a disabled student “ages out” of athletic eligibility because a district’s denial of FAPE caused the student’s retention.
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