Bill Summaries: H600 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 7 2015 - View summary

    Amends GS 115C-12(23) (regarding the State Board of Education's Power to Adopt Eligibility Rules for Interscholastic Athletic Competition) to require home-schooled students to be allowed to participate in interscholastic athletic activities.

    Prohibits the State Board of Education from designating any organization to apply and enforce the Board's rules governing participation in interscholastic athletic activities that does not deem home-schooled students as eligible to participate in interscholastic athletic activities.

    Requires that in order to be eligible to participate in interscholastic public school athletics, a home schooled student must meet the residency criteria of GS 115C-366 and participate only at the school where the student would be assigned if enrolled. Requires a home-schooled student to demonstrate any required academic eligibility in all subjects taken in the home school program by a method of evaluation agreed to by the parent and school principal. Sets out additional rules that must be followed.

    Permits reasonable fees to be charged to home-schooled students to cover costs of participating in interscholastic programs.

    Provides that nothing in this section is to be construed to require a local board of education to establish a local board policy on permitting home-schooled students to participate in interscholastic programs at its schools.

    Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.