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Senate Bill 5974: Extracurricular Activities Open to Homeschoolers
Author:
Sponsored by Senators Larkin, DeFrancisco, Golden, Maltese, Meier, Mora-Han, Nozzolio, Rath, and Wright.
Summary:
This bill would have allowed home instructed students to participate in all extracurricular activities, and intraschool, intramural, and extramural athletics that a school district offers.
To be admitted into these programs, the parent of the home instructed pupil would have to submit a request to participate in writing to the school board. The request would have to be made before June 1 preceding the school year in which the parent wanted their child to participate.
Status:
| 06/23/2006 |  | (S) Legislature is closed |
| 01/04/2006 | | (S) Referred to senate rules committee |
| 01/04/2006 | | (S) Failed to advance |
| 09/20/2005 | | (S) Introduced and referred to senate rules committee |
Since this bill was not reported from a standing committee, the Committee on Rules, it will be reintroduced in January, 2006.
HSLDA's Position:
Neutral
Action Requested:
None at this time.
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