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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-4B-03" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4B" subtitle_name="Physical Education and Athletic Programs for Students With Disabilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Develop policies and procedures to promote and protect the inclusion of students with disabilities into mainstream physical education and mainstream athletic programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide the opportunity for students with disabilities to participate in extracurricular or interscholastic competition, as demonstrated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Equivalent opportunities for participation in extracurricular or interscholastic athletic programs; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Evidence indicating that the interests and abilities of students with disabilities have been fully and effectively accommodated by the county board’s implemented programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt a model policy to assist a county board with the implementation of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
