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BILL NUMBER:S2968
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting school districts from disallowing home-schooled students from participating in district interscholastic sports
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow home-schooled students to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends the education law by adding a new section 1501-d, which prohibits school districts from disallowing home-schooled students from participating in the district's interscholastic sports, and requires districts to make provision for such participation.
Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Currently, home-schooled students may be prohibited from participating in interscholastic sports even though they are entitled to attend the schools that have the sport. It is fundamentally unfair to prohibit home-schooled students from participating in an important aspect of childhood development merely because their parents or guardians choose to home school them. The students have every right to attend the school, and there is no reduction is school taxes for parents or guardians who home-school their children, so there is no legitimate reason to prohibit home-schooled students from participating in interscholastic sports within the district. In fact, not all districts have such a prohibition, but this bill is necessary because some districts do have such a prohibition.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediately.
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