House Bill 2787 would grant the governing authority of a school entity with exclusive authority to determine whether to hold school sports and extracurricular activities in-person during the 2020-21 school year
The governor pledged to veto House Bill 2787, which would put into law that decisions about starting school sports and allowing spectators are to be made at the local level
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has no supporting data on hand to justify its recommendation that interscholastic and club sports be canceled until January 2021
Proposed bills would allow PA school districts to make decisions about falls sports, and allow students to continue their education and extracurricular activities for an additional year to make up for loss of instruction
The House Majority Leader wrote a letter to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association following the governor’s recommendation that youth sports should not resume until January 2021