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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2562

Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE TIM TEBOW ACT TO AUTHORIZE HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY OR ENGAGED IN BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TO WHICH THE STUDENT WOULD BE ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD ATTENDANCE POLICIES TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION OF THE STUDENT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT, GUARDIAN OR STUDENT; TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST SUCH STUDENT IN THE SELECTION OF INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR TEAM MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PARTICIPATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT AND THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO CREATE A CAUSE OF ACTION; TO CREATE THE "HOMESCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY FUND" AS A SPECIAL FUND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT DISTRICTS MAY RECEIVE $2,250.00 PER HOMESCHOOL STUDENT THAT PARTICIPATED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE PRIOR YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT DISBURSEMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

February 16 to March 5, 2024, 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 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days

EducationFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 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 16 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 16Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate