I’m sure that anyone who is involved with chess tournaments that include children these days (not referring to just scholastic chess) is familiar with “Chinese School”. My question is are these schools eligible for the K-12 JTP program?
Alex Relyea
Well, I’m not familiar with the term. Is this an after-school or weekend program like Hebrew School or is it where the kids spend the bulk of their school day every day?
At least around here it’s on Sunday. Kids love it because going to Sunday tournaments gets them out of it.
Alex Relyea
In that case it would be considered an after-school program. and is not eligible to run K-12 JTP events. (After school/weekend/summer chess training programs cannot run them, either.)
K-12 JTP events should run by the students’ full-time school program, one that has a scholastic affiliate, and the participants in those events should all be full-time students at that school, though enforcement has always been on the honor system. (Home schooling and home school associations raise a separate issue that was raised in a recent thread, which was referred to the office/ED for clarification.)
It is like a Jewish religious school that teaches culture and language to students who are otherwise enrolled in regular schools. No it would not qualify.