ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida school district is requiring student athletes to get written permission from their parents before they can protest by kneeling during the National Anthem.

No players in Orange County, Florida have attempted a Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers backup quarterback who started a movement of sitting or kneeling during the National Anthem during the NFL preseason, but district officials want to set ground rules for protests, just in case, WFTV reports.

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“Orange County Public Schools said it has interpreted state law to treat the National Anthem like the Pledge of Allegiance,” according to the news site. “District officials said like the policy on the Pledge of Allegiance, students may kneel if they have permission in the form of a letter from a parent.”

Jones High School football coach Elijah Williams weighed in on the decision.

“I have to stay neutral, but whatever they do, I’m going to support them,” he said. “That’s really between that individual and their family.”

State statute states students should stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, but can sit with a letter, but does not explicitly state the same for the National Anthem, WFTV reports.

Officials told the news site that the district’s legal team is still reviewing the law.

The announcement comes as high school students across the country are emulating Kaepernick, who has sat or kneeled during the National Anthem since the preseason to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter and protest police brutality.

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Kaepernick’s antics convinced numerous other NFL players to do the same, and high schoolers in Norfolk, Virginia, Little Rock, Arkansas, Camden, New Jersey and other places are following suit, EAGnews reports.

“Ima pull a Colin Kaepernick and sit during the national anthem on Friday,” Doherty Memorial High School defensive back Mike Oppong posted to Twitter before following through with plan at last week’s game.

Officials at his Massachusetts school reportedly suspended him for one game over the protest, but later reversed course amid backlash, MassLive reports.

The movement has also sparked student athletes speaking out against the protests, as well.

When some students at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey took a knee during the National Anthem last Friday, defensive back Edwin Lopez stood at attention.

“I’ve always stood for the National Anthem and I wasn’t going to let a little incident in the NFL change that,” he told Philly.com. “That’s not me.”

Orlando Council, a black senior running back for visiting Highland High School, also seemed to think the protest by Woodrow Wilson players was disrespectful.

“These are people out there every day risking their lives for us,” he said.