SB334 Summary

• Creates the Tim Tebow Act to allow students instructed at home by a private tutor or enrolled in church schools to participate in public school athletics and athletic teams.

• Participating students must meet the same requirements as public school students including activity fees, behavior standards, academic standards, conduct codes, and residency requirements.

• Students who transfer to public school before or during the first grading period are academically eligible to participate in extracurricular activities if they had successful evaluations from the previous year.

• School boards must provide insurance coverage for participating home-schooled and church school students, with those students paying any additional premiums required.

• Public schools are prohibited from being members in any organization that discriminates against eligible students in public or nonpublic schools, or students taught by private tutors or enrolled in church schools.