REGULATION, SCHMEGULATION — AS LONG AS THERE’S BASEBALL
I know Chris E’s going to say he doesn’t care what hoops HETs (home-educated Texans) would have to jump through to get g-school access under this bill (passwords, all caps), but do the rest of you really want to get on this particular bus?
Home-schooled students would be able to participate in public school classes and sports of their choosing and the state would reimburse the district for the cost under legislation being considered in the Texas House.
The proposal, which would be optional for districts and students, would be limited to about 2,000 students statewide.
Rep. Brian McCall, a Plano Republican who authored the bill, said the measure would give home-schooled students access to classes that parents might not have the resources for, such as a chemistry lab.
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The bill is expected to be changed before a vote from the full House to mandate that students would be subject to the same no pass-no play requirements of traditional students, which would alleviate some of the concerns from critics.
Teacher’s groups also are concerned that the bill does not address whether students would be subject to the same requirements as full-time students, such as immunizations, dress codes and attendance.
How many roads could a bill go down, seemingly all of them bad? Well, while you hum that, I’ll ask this: What the heck is that 2,000 number — just an estimate of how many students might be interested in applying for access? It certainly isn’t the total number of HETs by a long shot.
One final thing — please join me in hoping this fellow isn’t the district’s rhetoric instructor:
“We think all students should be full-time public school students. We believe in public schools,” Whitsett said. “We don’t have any opposition to home schooling. But we believe that any student who participates in public schools should be full-time students.”