HB1789 Summary

• Home-schooled students may participate in interscholastic activities at their resident school (the school district where their parent resides) only, not at other public schools.

• Home-schooled students must report to the resident school district within the first 11 days of the fall or spring semester and provide written notice to the principal before signup, tryout, or participation deadlines.

• Students must demonstrate academic eligibility by scoring at the 30th percentile or higher on the Stanford Achievement Test Series (Tenth Edition) or another nationally recognized norm-referenced test taken within the previous 12 months, or on a State Board of Education-approved test.

• Home-schooled student participants must meet all criteria applicable to enrolled students, including tryout standards, behavior codes, practice times, drug testing, permission slips, physical exams, and activity fees.

• Students who withdraw from an Arkansas Activities Association member school to be home-schooled are ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities in their resident school district for a minimum of 365 days.