Pickens Rep. Helps Pass 'Tim Tebow Law'
New bill allows all students to participate in extracurricular activities.
In a ceremony on Monday afternoon, Governor Nikki Haley signed legislation that will allow students who are educated outside of the public school system to participate in extracurricular activities, provided they do not attend a private school. Instrumental to the bill’s passage was Phil Owens (R – Pickens) who chairs the Education and Public Works Committee. “S 149 puts the interest of the child first. Not the administrators, not the school board, not the teachers,” Owens said. “I’m very happy to have been able to shepherd this through on the House side.” The bill, (viewable here), goes into effect immediately, and it allows students who are home-schooled, attend charter schools or attend the Governor’s Schools in Greenville or Hartsville…
Robert Kelly
8:19 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Extracurricular programs represent the community. Look at how many supporters of various schools and colleges never actually attended those schools, but live in the community. Home schooled kids have friends in their neighborhood who attend the schools; they still need the benefits of group activities, and why on earth would anyone want to "punish" kids by excluding them just because their … more ›