S.B. 66
         PUBLIC SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR HOME SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 3 March 10, 2010 8:46 AM



Representative Sheryl L. Allen proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 5, Line 152 through Page 6, Line 157f
    Senate Committee Amendments
    2-25-2010 :    

             152          (10) S. (a) .S A school district superintendent shall:
             153          S. [(a)] (i) .S appoint a panel of three S. [to five] .S individuals S. [who have
             153a1      experience
             153a      in home
             153a      schooling
             154      high school-age students] .S to verify a home school student's compliance with academic eligibility
             155      requirements when requested by a principal pursuant to Subsection (9); and
             156          S. [(b)] (ii) .S select
  two of       the panel members from nominees submitted by national, state, or

             156a      regional
             157      organizations whose members are home school students and parents.
             157a      S.     (b) Of the members appointed to a panel under Subsection (10)(a)
  (ii)       :

             157b          
{   (i) one member shall have experience teaching in a public school as a licensed teacher

             157c      and in home schooling high school-age students;   }
             157d          
{   (ii)   }        (i)       one member shall have experience teaching in a higher education institution and in

             157e      home schooling; and
             157f          
{   (iii)   }        (ii)       one member shall have experience in home schooling high school-age students. .S       

    (c) One member appointed to a panel under Subsection (10)(a)(i) shall have experience teaching in a public school as a licensed teacher.  


2.    Page 6, Line 175 through Page 7, Line 184
    Senate 2nd Reading Amendments
    3-5-2010 :    

             175          (14)
  (a)       A public school student who has been declared to be academically ineligible to

             176      participate in an extracurricular activity and who subsequently enrolls in a home school shall
             177      lose eligibility for participation in the extracurricular activity until the student:
             178          
{   (a)   }        (i)       demonstrates academic eligibility by providing test results or a portfolio of the              179      student's work to the school principal, provided that a student may not reestablish academic

             180
     eligibility under this Subsection (14)(a) during the same activity season in which the student
             181      was declared to be academically ineligible;
             182          
{   (b)   }        (ii)       returns to public school and reestablishes academic eligibility; or

             183          
{   (c)   }        (iii)       enrolls in a private school and establishes academic eligibility.       

    (b) A public school student who has been declared to be behaviorally ineligible to participate in an extracurricular activity and who subsequently enrolls in a home school shall lose eligibility for participation in the extracurricular activity until the student meets eligibility standards as provided in Subsection (3).
 
             184          (15) When selection to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school is

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