Mississippi House Bill 498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A New Code Section To Be Known As The "tim Tebow Act"; To Define The Terms "homeschool" And "interscholastic Extracurricular Activity"; To Authorize Students Being Educated In Homeschools To Participate In Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities In The Public Schools; To Prescribe Certain Conditions Under Which A Student Being Educated In A Homeschool May Participate In Public School Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities; To Prohibit Discrimination Against Homeschool Students In The Selection Of Teams For Such Activities; To Specify A Waiting Period For Extracurricular Activity Participation When A Student Transfers From A Public School To A Homeschool; To Provide That Participation In An Extracurricular Activity Is A Privilege And Not A Right; To Authorize Homeschool Students From Different Families To Organize And Form Extracurricular Activity Teams For The Purpose Of Competing Against Public Schools; To Require The State Association Governing Public School Activities To Adopt Rules And Regulations To Facilitate The Homeschool Teams' Participation In Extracurricular Activity Competitions; And For Related Purposes.

"Tim Tebow Act"; establish to provide equal access for homeschoolers to participate in public school extracurricular activities.

Rep. Randy Boyd [R]

Rep. Brady Williamson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-06	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0498.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0498IN.htm