Albany Academy for Girls’ Lianna Williams breaks through the defense of Our Lady of Lourdes’ Katelynn Savona, left, and Bianka Velovic to make a layup during a basketball game in Averill Park on Dec. 28, 2023. A state lawmaker is proposing to divide public and private high schools into different playoff categories.

State lawmakers often can’t leave well enough alone. They insist on fixing problems that don’t exist.

For one recent example, I direct your attention to a proposal to divide public and private high schools into different playoff categories. As detailed by the Times Union’s Lucy Hodgman, the tired debate over whether private and public schools should compete has been revived by new legislation from Assemblyman Matt Slater, a Republican from Westchester County.

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Slater and other proponents argue that private schools, sometimes dubbed schools without boundaries, have an unfair competitive advantage over their public counterparts. That argument falls apart when you learn that about 10% of New York State Public High School Athletic Association members are nonpublic schools and that those schools win about 10% of the association’s state championships.

Seems about right. So, what’s the problem?

There isn’t one.........

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