Charter School Partnerships

CHARTER SCHOOL ATHLETIC PARTNERSHIPS

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 junior high school athletic programs.

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

  • Student residency determines program eligibility for charter school students who wish to participate in Saint Paul Public School junior high school athletic programs. Student may participate only in the junior high school athletic program of the Saint Paul Public School junior high school they would be eligible to attend based on junior high 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 junior high 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 junior high 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 2008-09 school year. Anticipated total costs of administrative, coaches salaries, equipment, busing, officials and tournament fees have been totaled and divided by the number of participants from the previous season:

  • Badminton -- $223.52
  • Baseball -- $248.25
  • Basketball -- $299.23
  • Flag Football -- $191.93
  • Soccer -- $198.75
  • Softball -- $302.72
  • Track -- $107.08
  • Volleyball -- $266.28
  • Wrestling -- $393.19

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.