SB1356 Extracurricular activities and homeschooler participation
Amendment 1
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104th General Assembly

Filed for intro on 02/03/2005
SENATE BILL 1356
By Bryson

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 6, relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
 

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, is amended by adding
the following new, appropriately designated section:
49-6-___.

          (a) Students enrolled in a private, non-public or church-related schools
recognized by as defined in § 49-50-801 shall not be prohibited from participation in extracurricular activities, sponsored by or engaged in by public schools, including, but not limited to, high school athletics and athletics teams, music, art and drama.
 

          (b) If a child is a student in a private, non-public or church-related school
which that does not offer an extra-curricular extracurricular activity which is offered by the public school in the district where the affected student resides, that student shall be permitted to participate in the extra-curricular  extracurricular activity of the public school to which the affected student would otherwise be zoned to attend, provided:  ; provided, that:

                    (1) That the The student pays any participation or activity fee in an
amount equal to the fee charged to public school participants, and ;
                    (2) That the The student adheres to the same standards of behavior,
responsibility, performance, and code of conduct as other participants of
the team or activity; and
                    (3) That the The student adheres to the same academic standards as other participants of the team or activity ,  with those standards confirmed
by a transcript provided by the private, non-public or church-related
school to the public school providing the activity in which the
student shall participate.
 

          (c) Students participating in home schools as provided by § 49-6-3050 (b) shall be permitted to participate to the same degree as those students discussed in  under subsection (b) above ,   ; provided, however, that the such students must shall adhere to the provisions of subdivisions (b) (1) through (b) (3) ; and provided further, that such students shall must be registered with the local education agency in the district where they reside in accordance with § 49- 6-3050.
 

           (d) No public school team or group shall be impeded from competing
against any other public, private, non-public or church-related school’s team or
group merely because the school’s team or group utilizes students as provided
above in subsections (a) through (c) above.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming law, the public welfare requiring
it.