Fitness and Insurance Requirements
The school district recognizes that certain risks are associated with participation in interscholastic sports. While the district will strive to prevent injuries and accidents to students, each participant and his or her parent(s) or guardian(s) are required to sign a statement indicating that the parent(s) and the student acknowledge the risks of injuries resulting from participation and assuring that the student will follow the instructions of the coach.
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Each participant is required to furnish evidence of physical fitness prior to becoming a member of an interscholastic team. A written report will be completed when a student is injured while participating in a school-supervised activity. A participant must be free of injury and fully recovered from illness before participating in any activity.
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Each student participating in interscholastic athletic activities is required to have or obtain medical insurance for expenses resulting from injuries sustained while participating in the extracurricular activity. Students shall provide evidence of a minimum $25,000 medical expense coverage, or shall obtain such coverage through the insurance plan offered to all students participating in activities in the district. No student will be denied the ability to participate solely because the student's family is unable to pay the entire amount of the insurance premium. The superintendent or designee may approve partial or full waiver of premiums to permit all students to obtain required medical insurance.
Medications
Nonprescribed medications, including such items as analgesic balms, vitamins and salt tablets, must be approved by the superintendent before coaches and/or athletic trainers may use them to treat student athletes. After athletic training medications have been approved, the coach and/or trainer must secure authorization from the parent and the student's doctor before the medications may be used during the athletic season. If such release is not on file, the nonprescribed medications may not be used. This provision does not preclude the coach and/or trainer from using approved first aid items.
Eligibility for a student to participate may be denied if anabolic steroids are used to enhance athletic ability.
Title IX Compliance
All co-curricular and interscholastic activities of Castle Rock School District comply with Title IX requirements. The district evaluates its intramural and interscholastic programs at least once each year to ensure that equal opportunities are available to members of both sexes with respect to participation in all programs offered.