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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2537

Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS EQUAL ACCESS ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO REGISTER A HOMESCHOOL STUDENT RESIDING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATION IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN THE HOMESCHOOL STUDENT'S GRADE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE HOMESCHOOL STUDENT; TO PROVIDE FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SUCH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOLS UTILIZING SUCH HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS MAY NOT BE IMPEDED FROM COMPETING AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

February 20 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published