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PIAA is committed to maximizing the athletic opportunities for students across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addressing the COVID-19 crisis and how it has affected the 67 counties differently, PIAA understands the flexibility needed by school districts to make localized measured decisions, rather than a “one size fits all” approach in addressing interscholastic athletics. To aid our school districts who have varied approaches to their return to school plans, PIAA has offered flexibility to schools, leagues, and/or conferences to begin contests after the first contest date, as shown below. As we continue to move forward, PIAA will remain flexible in considering that certain sports may be impacted differently and post-season play may need to be modified.

“Educators and pediatricians share the goal of children returning safely to school this fall. Our organizations are committed to doing everything we can so that all students have the opportunity to safely resume in-person learning.

Over the past two months we have spent a great deal of time and attention to the unenviable task of planning for a safe, and reasonably normal, return to school. Since March 2020, the Board of School Directors and school officials have collaborated with regional health officials, emergency management, and Northwest PA educational leaders to develop guidance on how to successfully educate students during the COVID-19 pandemic school disruption. Over the past month we have regularly met with parents and employees, and surveyed students, parents and staff members to gather thoughts and ideas about the 2020-2021 school year.

We are excited to announce that we are now offering the convenience of online registration for athletic physicals through FamilyID (www.familyid.com). FamilyID is a secure registration platform that provides you with an easy, user-friendly way to register for our programs, and helps us to be more administratively efficient and environmentally responsible. When you register through FamilyID, the system keeps track of your information in your FamilyID profile. You enter your information only once for each family member for multiple uses and multiple programs.