By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has added an agenda item to its May 13 Board of Directors meeting: separating private and public schools in high school athletics competition in the state. This follows the introduction of Senate Bill 1253 into the Pennsylvania legislature to require separate playoff and championship classifications for “boundary and non-boundary schools.”
That would separate traditional public schools, aka “boundary schools,” from “non-boundary schools” like private schools and charter schools.
The country has a patchwork of state-by-state policies as to whether public and private schools should be combined. While many states (including Texas and Florida) separate them, mostly, others (like Michigan and California) combined them.
There has been building momentum to separate public and private schools in Pennsylvania. These decisions are mostly driven by team sports like football and basketball, where private schools are able to amass powerhouse rosters, though the same can happen in sports like swimming.
Alabama recently decided to separate public and private schools into separate classifications.
In Pennsylvania, the PIAA includes almost 1,500 schools. They are separated into classifications, ranging from two classifications (boys volleyball, swimming) to six classifications (football, basketball), depending on participation rates. Classification is currently based on enrollment.
PIAA has been talking about separating classifications since at least 2007. Private schools were first admitted in 1972.
Both 2A state titles (smaller schools) were won by private schools in March. Cathedral Prep in Erie won the boys’ championship and Shady Side Academy near Pittsburgh won the girls’ crown.
In Class 3A, both titles went to public schools: North Allegheny in the Pittsburgh suburbs won the boys’ title, while Upper Dublin High School near Philadelphia won the girls’ title. The top of the 3A tables were largely absent private schools, with La Salle College High School being the most notable exception as the boys’ runners-up.
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