Posted on 07/29/2013 1:09:32 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Homeschooled and private-school students across Ohio now have the right to play on sports teams and participate in other extracurricular activities thanks to a provision in the new state budget.
Previously, each local school board came up with its own policy on the issue.
Athletic and other extracurricular associations have their own rules about student participation in competitive or inter-scholastic activities. This provisions in the state budget override those rules.
Under the new provisions, public schools must allow private-school students to participate in an extracurricular activity only if their private schools do not offer the same activity.
And both homeschooled and private-school students must meet the same age and grade requirements as district students and pay the same fees, if any are required. The Ohio High School Athletic Association isn’t thrilled about the changes. The changes go against the principles that help sports contribute to positive “educational outcomes,” the association says:
Included among these desirable educational outcomes are the instilment [sic] of the notion of citizenship, loyalty and school spirit, the building of a cohesive student body, the promotion of amateurism by drawing athletes from the school’s population only which, in turn, discourages an overemphasis on sports, avoids “team shopping,” keeps in proper perspective the relationships among student-athletes and coaches and secures role models for other students.
The state budget also allows homeschooled students to fully participate in Ohio’s Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program. The program allow students to enroll in college courses while in high school for both high-school and college credit. The state pays for the cost of the courses.
The program is already open to private-school students.
Great. How about I get a tax break for not having any kids to play games? The answer to tax payers getting fleeced for soccer mom welfare is not to add more people with their hands out. Funny how this site gets lousy with suburban welfare queens when it comes to someone else paying to entertain their kids.
I disagree!
I couldn’t disagree more!
Make the public school kids have to join my homeschooled kids’ team in my back yard. We need bigger teams!
Rosary at half-time!
The difference between a homeschooling parent and a welfare queen is that the homeschooling parent is, generally speaking, a property owner, a taxpayer, and someone who is already shouldering the load for the rest of the members of society who aren't contributing anything.
If you want to truly solve this problem in a paleo-con kind of way (which I would be fine with), do away with every kind of public education jurisdiction above the community level. Do away with county, state, and federal mandates for education, and let every little down or every city neighborhood decide for themselves what they want to do for education (if anything), and how they're going to pay for it.
This is the "Little House on the Prairie" model, and it is actually quite effective.
(...that’s “every little town,” not “every little down.” Sorry.)
So as long as the suburban welfare is flowing you’ll be there with your hand out. Can we get you a block of government cheese, too while me and everyone else pays for your kids to play games? Make sure you get your obama phone, too. Yeah, I’m losing more and more respect for homeschoolers with every one of these handouts they demand other people to fund.
This is not good in the long run...
It’s a foot in the door for the courts to interfere... this round forcing public schools. Next round forcing home-schoolers.
Either home-schooling is separate or it is not. If this is allowed, then it is an opening to more court-ordered decisions that will NOT be liked by parents.
There is one little problem. Those home-study atheletes will use extra time to practice, because they can concentrate their school day. Those parents who can afford it can use that time to hire top-notch coaches and other mentors. You will find schools using the home-schooled option to better prepare their star atheletes.
I see you probably learned comprehension at a public school. We homeschoolers ALREADY pay for this stuff. So do you. But. Too many school systems say we can't allow our children to play with the children who ARE ALL PAYING FOR THIS ALREADY!
Get it now?
/johnny
Home schooled families are paying for the public schools they don’t even use. What don’t you get about that?
For the record, my homeschooled children have got all their physical education outside of the public school systems that I continue to pay for.
I think he does... he's just baiting us.
every little bit helps
How will they ensure that kids who can’t meet grade requirements won’t use home-school to avoid the problem?
Guess will have to wait and see
Having your home schooled kids in public school sports teams is just another way to invite the government back into educating your kids again.
Make a clean break and be done with it.
Orangedog must be a renter and not understand how city, county, state and Federal tax money supports public school systems.
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If the public school or homeschool parents want their kids to play games, they should be paying the full freight, not picking my pocket because they chose to whelp out a litter. It's either welfare or theft...or both. What don't you get about that?
Do you agree, then, that homeschoolers should not be paying school taxes to educate and feed public school kids THEY didn't bring into the world?
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