HOME SCHOOLERS PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL SPORTS.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 484 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 1, 2015
AN ACT TO PERMIT HOME SCHOOLED STUDENTS IN CERTAIN LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS.
Intro. by Cleveland, Dobson, McElraft.

Status: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House Action) (Apr 28 2015)

SOG comments (1):

Identical Bill

Identical to H 485 filed on 4/1/15.

H 484

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 2 2015 - View Summary

    Amends GS 115C-12 (powers and duties of the State Board of Education) and GS 115C-47 (powers and duties of local boards of education) to require home-schooled students to be allowed to participate in interscholastic athletic activities.

    Enacts new GS 115C-565.1 to require that in order to be eligible to participate in interscholastic public school athletics, a home school student meet residency criteria and participate only at the school where the student would be assigned if enrolled. Sets out additional rules that must be followed. Makes a student who has not met established academic eligibility requirements for athletic participation ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics as a home-schooled student. 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 requirements concerning registration, fees, and insurance. Gives the principal of the school at which a home-schooled student would like to participate in interscholastic athletics the final determination on whether to allow that student to participate. 

    Applies to home-schooled students residing in counties with a population of 200,000 or less.

    Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.