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Senate committee approves bill to let private and homeschool students participate in public extracurriculars
Summary
Senate Bill 303, amended to clarify that resident public and public charter schools may permit private and homeschool students to participate in extracurricular activities and that funding follows the student, passed the committee after sponsors provided participation data.
Senate Bill 303, which allows resident public schools — including public charter schools as clarified by amendment — to permit certain students enrolled in accredited private schools or homeschools to participate in public extracurricular activities, passed the Senate Education Committee after the sponsor provided data showing the policy would be small in scale.
Sponsor Sen. Tyler Deese, R., described the amendment and the bill as a measure to “give more opportunities to students across our state” while maintaining…
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