02-08-2012, 10:04 PM
The Virginia bill allows districts to charge the home-schoolers fees to participate, or to opt out altogether.
The state has to decide how it will measure academic performance of home-schooled students; Washington requires that they take standardized tests yearly.
I'm under the impression that the VA bill deals only with sports, not other extra-curriculars. There isn't any info about that in the WaPo article.
Sometimes performing arts participation requires that a student attend a certain class during the day, not just after school practices. Our district allows students to participate in band and theater if they try out and can perform at a level satisfactory to the director without benefit of the classes at school, or they can attend just that class and no others.
I think it benefits both the students and the community to encourage participation and talent development, not to discourage it.
The state has to decide how it will measure academic performance of home-schooled students; Washington requires that they take standardized tests yearly.
I'm under the impression that the VA bill deals only with sports, not other extra-curriculars. There isn't any info about that in the WaPo article.
Sometimes performing arts participation requires that a student attend a certain class during the day, not just after school practices. Our district allows students to participate in band and theater if they try out and can perform at a level satisfactory to the director without benefit of the classes at school, or they can attend just that class and no others.
I think it benefits both the students and the community to encourage participation and talent development, not to discourage it.