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Homeschool kids have rights to school activities? - Guest - 02-27-2008
Should homeschool kids have rights to public school activities?
This Bill would allow homeschool kids to participate in things such as sports, cheerleading, and other clubs.
SB2476 Requires the department of education to allow children who are home schooled to participate in extracurricular activities at the public school they would otherwise be required to attend.
I'm not so sure that this is a good thing. I think it may lead to homeschool children choosing what school they want to attend there activities based upon the ability of that school.
ie; Everyone knows that certain schools have better programs then others.
If you want your children to participate in these activities, then I think the child should attend the school. It's your choice to homeschool. Schools should not be forced to accept homeschooled students.
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RE: Homeschool kids have rights to school activities? - Kelena - 02-27-2008
Homeschoolers drain public school coffers. Can't drain the coffers and then send your kids in for the fun stuff and social opportunities.
RE: Homeschool kids have rights to school activities? - Guest - 02-27-2008
Glen -
We must also remember that Homeschool parents pay taxes and their taxes support the schools in some form or another.
It's a delicate situation.
The public schools suck in Hawaii because of one reason or another, yet, they do provide opportunities that Homeschools cannot.
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On this day in History:
A do-it-yourselfer painting an attic in a Manoa house on O'ahu, Hawai'i finds a stash of Hawai'i bills worth $100,000, 1980. After 45 days, when nobody claims the money, he is able to keep it. The bills were stamped Hawai'i during WW II due to government monetary restrictions.
RE: Homeschool kids have rights to school activities? - Hayduke - 02-27-2008
I'd like to see the homeschool kids involved with the at-school kids. I think it would fill a void that some homeschool kids may have as far as socializing in a school setting. I think some home school kids don't have that need, but some miss out on getting to socialize in that setting.
I have three nephews who were homeschooled by my sister. Two have been accepted at big universities on scholarship. Apparently she did a pretty decent job of it. But I do think her kids missed out on a lot of kid stuff, being around their parents 24/7. Doesn't seem to have hurt them any, though- they're just very serious, articulate little adults (well they aren't little anymore.
In the end- I don't think we should punish the kids because we might not agree with decisions the parents made.
RE: Homeschool kids have rights to school activities? - Bob Orts - 02-27-2008
This bill is nothing more than removing the attendance restriction public schools had on who can participate in school activities. The restrictions were originally enacted to prevent ringers with no academic connection to a school from being part of a competitive group. The scandals of the early 90’s mandated that schools establish strict academic & attendance requirements for a student to be eligible for participation in activities. Even cheerleading squads were found to be made up of students from other schools denying that school's student from participating. Schools, even if they had no problem with a home school child attending the poetry club, may have been prohibited unless that child attended a set number of academic classes at the school.
This bill essentially tells the schools they can accept home school children providing that student normally would have attended the school as a student. This prevents a home school student from picking and choosing which activities they would attend at which school.
What this bill fails to address (and may give some student and parent a hard dose of reality) is the issue of activities where an independent organizational body has their own rules. Courts have generally said that although a student can participate in school activities by legislation, these independent organizations still can set their own rules. So if a home school student decides to participate on a school sports team at the school they normally would attend, if the organizational body governing any competitive event has rules, those rules still apply. Take Virginia with it’s five/five rule. If a student is not attending a particular school taking and passing at least five courses at that school, they can not play in competitive sports contest between schools. Try as they may, the Virginia Home School association lost that battle.
So this is nothing but authorizing schools that when it comes to legitimately home school children, treat them like attending student.