CHARTER SCHOOL ATHLETIC PARTNERSHIPS and STUDENT PARTICIPATION

The Saint Paul Public Schools will enter into partnership agreements with interested charter schools to allow charter school students to participate in Saint Paul Public School middle school athletic programs.

The Saint Paul Public Schools are not required to co-op with a charter school.

The following requirements must be met in order for the Saint Paul Public Schools to consider a partnership with a charter school student:

• Student residency determines program eligibility for charter school students who wish to participate in Saint Paul Public School middle school athletic programs. Student may participate only in the middle school athletic program of the Saint Paul Public School middle school they would be eligible to attend based on middle school attendance areas established by the Saint Paul Public School's Board of Education.
• Student must meet the athletic academic requirements of the Saint Paul Public Schools.
• Student must meet the attendance policy of the athletic department.
• Partnership must be agreed before the start of the athletic season the student athlete will participate.
• Payment for both charter school's participation rate fee as well as student athlete's participation fee.
• Responsibility of the charter school to provide all of the necessary information to the middle school.
• The charter school and the participating student take the responsibility for transporting the student to and from the charter school to team practices and contests.

The partnership agreement will require the interested charter school to pay a per pupil fee based on a schedule provided by the Saint Paul Public Schools for each sporting activity offered by the Saint Paul Public Schools. The rate schedule reflects the actual cost to provide athletic opportunities on a per pupil basis on the previous year's total expenditure on athletic programs. The charter school student will be responsible only for the middle school's participation fee. Both the charter school's participation rate fee and student athlete's participation fees are non-refundable.

CHARTER SCHOOL PARTICIPATION RATE FEES

The following fee structure has been determined for the 2015-16 school year. Total costs of administrative, coaches salaries, equipment, busing and officials have been totaled and divided by the number of participants from the previous season:

• Badminton -- $164.20
• Baseball -- $210.99
• Basketball -- $160.43
• Flag Football -- $155.79
• Soccer -- $119.49
• Softball -- $307.70
• Track -- $105.30
• Volleyball -- $151.92
• Wrestling -- $254.89

This fee structure will be reviewed and updated each summer for the following school year. The non-refundable fee must be paid to the St. Paul Public School Athletic Department PRIOR to attending any practices.