2022
Regular Session
"Tim Tebow Act"; establish to provide equal access for homeschoolers to participate in public school extracurricular activities.
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TIM TEBOW ACT"; TO DEFINE THE TERMS "HOMESCHOOL" AND "INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY"; TO AUTHORIZE STUDENTS BEING EDUCATED IN HOMESCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A STUDENT BEING EDUCATED IN A HOMESCHOOL MAY PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SELECTION OF TEAMS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES; TO SPECIFY A WAITING PERIOD FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION WHEN A STUDENT TRANSFERS FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO A HOMESCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT PARTICIPATION IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT; TO AUTHORIZE HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES TO ORGANIZE AND FORM EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY TEAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPETING AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE ASSOCIATION GOVERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO FACILITATE THE HOMESCHOOL TEAMS' PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY COMPETITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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