Discusses the recent increase in litigations concerning the activities of State high school athletic associations. (Author)

Analyzes the effect on existing athletic programs of the female high school athlete's legally protectable interest in the benefits of an interscholastic sports program where one is provided for the male athletes. (Author)

Participation in sports, in some instances, is considered a right which grants students the opportunity to be involved in extracurricular activities. Discusses the potential violation of home-schooled students' constitutional due process and equal protection rights and the pertinent laws regarding students and their ability to participate in…

The Supreme Court, in "Vernonia School District 47J versus Acton," ruled that a school district's policy authorizing random urinalysis drug testing of student-athletes did not violate the Fourth Amendment. Discusses the decision and why such a policy is permissible under the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches…

Analyzes the legal controversies that have arisen when students with disabilities have sought to participate in interscholastic sports. Offers suggestions for handling such controversies in a way that reasonably accommodates the needs of students with disabilities without harming the positive values of organized public school sports programs. (69…

Court decisions on the autonomy of school sports regulators are examined in the context of "transfer rules." Transfer rules, which limit student participation in athletics after transferring from one school to another, were selected because of the large body of administrative material and case law that they have generated. (Author/MLF)