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House votes to let virtual-school students play for local high school teams under same eligibility rules as homeschoolers
Summary
House Bill 3 55 (Senate Bill 6 90) permits virtual-school students to participate in interscholastic athletics if they meet eligibility requirements used for homeschool students; debate addressed vaccination and transfer rules and whether voucher recipients would be eligible.
The House approved a measure allowing virtual-school students to participate in interscholastic athletics at local public schools if they meet the same eligibility requirements that currently apply to homeschool students.
Representative Dennis Powers, sponsor of the bill (House Bill 3 55; Senate Bill 6 90), told the chamber the bill fills a gap left when homeschool students were previously allowed to play but virtual students were not. "All this is doing is just allowing virtual school…
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