play-by-play accounts as the home team for a school entity if
the visiting team meets any of the following criteria:
(1) The visiting team has a valid agreement to provide radio
broadcasting, video streaming or telegraphic play-by-play
accounts between a media organization and the board of school
directors of the school entity.
(2) The visiting team has a curricular program for secondary
school students that typically provides radio broadcasting,
video streaming or telegraphic play-by-play for the visiting
team's home games.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to
interscholastic athletic competitions beginning in the 2021-2022
school year.
(c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Interscholastic athletic competition" shall mean an athletic
competition conducted between or among school entities situated
in counties of the second class, second class A, third class,
fourth class, fifth class, sixth class, seventh class and eighth
class.
"Nonpublic school" shall mean a school, other than a public
school within this Commonwealth, where a resident of this
Commonwealth may legally fulfill the compulsory school
attendance requirements of this act and Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 241).
"School entity" shall mean a public school, school district,
nonpublic school or private school in this Commonwealth, other
than a private or nonpublic school which elects not to become a
member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association,
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