Should home-schooled students be allowed to play high school football?

[Grace62]

Virginia thinks they should - with their new "Tim Tebow bill."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virg...ml?hpid=z3

What do you think?

[btfc]

"Home-schooled students would have to live in their local school district, try out for teams, and abide by disciplinary and academic criteria just like public school students."

That would address my concerns.

[OWC Jamie]

The Catholic family that lived across from me could have had their own team.

[mattkime]

seem fine.

but maybe evolution should be taught during practice.

[cbelt3]

Sure. Why not ?

The fact that they would NEVER survive the team-building 'exercises' is irrelevant.

Oh, and girls should be allowed to play boy's sports, and vice versa. Such is the definition of Equal.

[graylocks]

btfc wrote:
"Home-schooled students would have to live in their local school district, try out for teams, and abide by disciplinary and academic criteria just like public school students."

That would address my concerns.

the academic criteria is where it gets sticky. I homeschooled so I am familiar with the arguments. some districts MIGHT want to take the opportunity to have greater oversight for homeschoolers. many homeschoolers don't want that kind of intrusion. I would have been one of them. I think it's great if a homeschooler could play for a team but not at that price. if you opt out of the system then you may have to find other options for sports. it's not fair to turn around and demand part of the system.

[hal]

why the hell not - as long as they don't take some kind of write off for home schooling the kid.

I see that right now the majority says no, but no one has presented a reason why not....

[Grace62]

I think it's fine. In fact I'm surprised to see that it's so controversial. In our community homeschoolers are a welcome addition to performing arts and sports programs. They have to pass state tests each year to make sure they are on track academically.

And don't assume that all homeschooling parents are doing it for religious reasons. Around here it's just as likely to be because the family spends 6 months a year on a sailboat, or the parents think the child would not thrive in the mass-production environment of public school and they don't like the private school options. Reasons vary.

[michaelb]

I think they can around here. Never thought of this as controversial at all, if they live in the district.

[DaviDC.]

In order to play, they should be subjected to the same crap that the other students face on a daily basis.