Mississippi House Bill 729

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize Students Enrolled In A Homeschool To Participate In Public School Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities; To Prescribe The Requirements For A Student Enrolled In A Homeschool To Participate In Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities; To Prohibit Discrimination Against Homeschool Student Selection Or Participation In Such Activities; To Provide That Participation In An Extracurricular Activity Is A Privilege And Not A Right; To Authorize School Districts To Apply To The State Department Of Education For Additional Funding To Cover The Cost Of Homeschool Students Participating In Extracurricular Activities; To Require Homeschool Students To Pay The Same Participation Or Activity Fees As Public School Students; To Create The Homeschool Extracurricular Activity Fund Within The State Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To School Districts For Homeschool Students Participating In Extracurricular Activities; And For Related Purposes.

Homeschool students; authorize to participate in public school extracurricular activities.

Rep. Jon Lancaster [R]

Rep. Elliot Burch [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2025-01-15	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0729.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0729IN.htm