Alabama Homeschool Bill Revisited
A bill in the State Legislature this week could allow homeschooled students to participate in public-school, extracurricular activities. Read more>>>
I just got an email about this step forward from homeschoolers in Alabama and I am pleased. Of course it is still in the works right now, but if it is aproved this could be a huge advancement for homeschoolers in Alabama. I know right now there is some opposition going on. Worries over cost, over elegebility, over liability. And some anti-homeschool people are arguing that if they want to play school sports they should just go to school like everyone else. But despite the naysayers this bill, called the Tim Tebow Bill, is gaining ground. There is a great site rallying support for this bill to be passed at http://www.timtebowbill.com/
In the US several states already have similar laws enacted to allow homeschoolers the chance to participate in sports and extracurricular activities. According to the HSLDA “Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Washington, and Wyoming. In both Arizona and Oregon, the law only requires school districts to allow access to “interscholastic” activities. ” (Found here).
I hope that this is the beginning of a trend, that more states will realize what they have to gain by allowing homeschoolers to join in sports and other activities. And I hope it reaches my state in time for my sons to join, because if I have to tell them they can’t play baseball or football there’s likely to be problems.
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April 5th, 2007 at 6:10 am
I hope Alabama passes this bill. It was one of the best things to happen in Massachusetts, and I don’t hear *anyone* complaining about it now. Some of the most talented and gifted kids in our state are homeschooled, and it is a plus for both them and the local schools if they are able to participate in music, sports, and other “team-like” activities!