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HARRISBURG (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - A new House Bill moved forward on Wednesday that would allow individual school districts to make their own call on how to handle fall sports and its related activities, such as practices, games, and spectator and visitor protocol.
House Bill 2787 passed in the Pennsylvania House with a 155-47 vote.
State Representative Bill Kortz believes that the decision should ultimately be up to each district and that there should be flexibility for the schools to make the choices that work best for them.
“Our local school districts know their communities and their buildings, and they know best, not the governor,” Kortz said.
“Whether it’s football, cross country, or a non-sport extracurricular activity, such as band, orchestra, or singing in an acapella choir, we must trust our school districts to make their own decisions on what is safe and appropriate for them. While the governor said he believes that school sports should be cancelled until 2021 and his administration issued a ‘strong recommendation’ to that end, it’s not the governor’s decision. This is a local decision that should be made by the respective school district – period.”
The new bill will now move on to the Senate.
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