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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/24/2012 11:09:53 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Virginia: Crucial Date for Sports Bill Coming |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Crucial Date for Sports Bill Coming Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, HSLDA is neutral on HB 947, the bill that has received national attention that would give public schools the authority to allow homeschool students to try out for their teams. In our effort to keep our members informed and up to date, however, we list an important action deadline below, as well as some important points which have sometimes been overlooked in discussions. 1. The bill does not require any public school to let a homeschooler try out for a team. It simply gives public schools the option to allow it. 2. The bill would require a homeschool student to show adequate academic progress for 2 years prior to trying out. No other state in the country has such a stringent provision. 3. You may hear it said that homeschoolers don't live up to the "high standards" that public school students must meet. But the academic requirement that the Virginia High School League (VHSL) imposes on a student athlete is only a D minus in all four or five of his subjects. 4. A public school can impose its own higher academic standards on public school students. A public school would be allowed to impose the exact same higher standards on home school athletes. Only the VHSL itself would be disallowed from imposing additional academic requirements. 5. This bill does not provide for sports access to students under religious exemption. 6. The bill's provisions automatically expire in 5 years, allowing for a "trial period." 7. At least 18 states currently give homeschoolers a right to try out for sports. No state that has granted access has ever repealed it. 8. The bill would give public schools the option of opening up other interscholastic events (debate, forensics, drama--all events regulated by VHSL) to homeschoolers. 9. The bill has passed the House of Delegates and is expected to receive a hearing in the Public Education Subcommittee on February 27, and in the full Senate Education and Health Committee on March 1. Those who wish to call in support or opposition should do so before March 1, especially if your own state senator is on the committee. It expected that the votes will be extremely close. 10. The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers is actively supporting the bill. HSLDA and Home Educators Association of Virginia are neutral, but continue to provide information to their respective members. Sincerely Yours, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Have you ever yelled into the wind, only to hear the sound of your voice blown back at you? 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