The “Entertainment and Sports Lawyer” recently published an article on the future of afterschool activities that was written by Evan Fieldman, our CEO and Co-Founder. The article, A Temporary Band-Aid: Pay-to-Play Fees and The Extracurricular Crisis, analyzes the implications of charging students fees to participate in sports and arts programs at public schools. Highlights include:
- School districts in 33 states charge students pay-to-play fees.
- Pay-to-play fees for a single student may be more than $700 per activity in one season.
- States across the country are eliminating public funding for school sponsored extracurricular activities.
You can read the article here: ABA – Entertainment and Sports Lawyer.
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Good article. This has been going on for a long time and I don’t expect that it will get any better for those in financially troubled families and schools. Hope you can rally the troops!
Good luck with your work. Nancy T.
Nancy:
Thanks for your encouragement and comments. As you begin to explore creative solutions in your community, we would love to share them with our readers. There are a few suggestions mentioned in the article (corporate sponsorships, partnering with community based organizations, etc…), but we want to hear more!
– The Afterschool.me Team