Court Turns Away Parent Who Sought to Bypass PIAA’s Attendance Rule

A federal judge from the Middle District of Pennsylvania has granted a motion to dismiss filed by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) in a case in which it was sued by a parent who argued that a PIAA rule restricting her choice of which high school she could compete for violated the Constitution.   In so ruling, the court relied on “the settled law that there is no constitutionally protected right to play sports” and noted the importance of the PIAA rule in main