Editorial: Give foster kids at least this little break
California's 77,000 foster kids, taken away from their families because of neglect or abuse, face a life of frequent moves and school changes.
As if life wasn't hard enough for these kids, the California Interscholastic Federation makes it even harder. For purposes of playing high school sports, the federation does not considered it "valid change of residence" if a foster child transfers from one school to another because of a court order.
To the CIF, a transfer is valid only if a student and his or her full immediate family, and all their possessions, move from one place to another. Foster children don't count since they have no "immediate family."
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