[footballfever]

The holdback policy is established by the school board. Some schools allow, some allow up to 7th grade, some to 6th grade. Parents should just be aware of the policy at their school.
Also it is important to know a holdback CANNOT participate in high school athletics. If you have a student repeating any grade then they could not move up and even play on the freshman team. If a 5th grader is playing on the HS tennis team and repeats 5th grade they then could not play on the team the holdback year.