To Texans and all Homeschoolers! There are couple of bills (HB 347 By Rep. Harold Dutton and SB 391 by Konni Burton) in our State Legislature right now that want to make the decisions for the parents on how they homeschool their children by registering them with the state, and what some insiders are hearing is possibly slipping in testing requirements that are submitted to the Superintendents in the School System. The very entity that these parents want to avoid, please help by signing this Petition and the calling, emailing, or writing these Lawmakers.
From the Petition: {Tim Tebow was homeschooled in Florida, where homeschoolers are required to register, test and do portfolios for the superintendents to review and decide if they child can continue to homeschool. Other states with “Tebow Bills” also have restrictive homeschool regulations. Homeschoolers in Texas overwhelmingly do not want more restrictions on their homeschooling freedoms. The bulk of these bills are that the ability for homeschooled kids to play for public school sports teams. In Texas, we are considered unaccredited private schools not regulated by the Legislature. Under the Leeper Supreme Court Decision, signed on June 9, 1994, we are free to homeschool our children as we see fit. We decide on schedule, curriculum, method, and content of our children’s education.} It is being learned now by some within the activist community that the testing is in this bill and will not be removed. So is it worth it to have your children to be able to try out for the public school’s sports teams and participate in extracurricular activities but only if your register them and report to them your methods, grades, curriculum being used and required testing by the state that you are trying to repel your kids from? Also, more kids in “the System” will be used as an excuse to use more bond elections and to generate more money from the state due to having more students on the roll.
Join parents in this fight against Austin lobbyists to overcome more regulation toward our homeschool freedoms. We need your help to reach our goal.
You can help by:
1. Signing the petition.
2. Share the petition with your friends, family, and social networks.
3. Join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/no2tebow
4. Call your Representatives and let them know you do not want this bill. Find your Representatives here: http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspx
More on the Bill: http://www.thsc.org/about-thsc/lobby-the-texas-legislature/tim-tebow-bill/
By Andre’ Gabriel Esparza – DontComply.com
5 Comments
Isaac
As a former home schooler and as a current supporter of this bill, I can attest (pun intended) to the fact that this will not endanger home schooling rights. Contrary to what this article makes it sound like, the government is not administering the test in question here. The only test that is required is during the first six weeks of the school year, where the student tests on a nationally normed standardized test (ACT, SAT, or others). Taking a test like that no more endangers home schoolers than taking those same tests in order to apply for college. They are not government tests, and this article is not clear about that.
Also, there are 29 other states that have passed the Tim Tebow bill, and in none of them did home school regulations increase. The bill is about giving families who are paying into the system the opportunity to simply try out for extracurriculars. It doesn’t force anyone to participate, and it has very minimal requirements. Home schoolers ought to be uniting behind support for this bill, because it gives opportunity to those who choose it, and doesn’t affect those who choose to not participate. It’s a win-win.
Sign the petition to pass the bill! https://www.change.org/p/larry-taylor-pass-the-tim-tebow-bill
space2k
“It is being learned now”… Classic home-schooled English right there…
Josh Hawley
Kind of like the shiny badge you worthless people complain about…….Home schooled children should have to test and follow the same rules as public school kids.
AbigailsMommy
A lot of people chose to home school just to not subject their child to the stupid, pointless test. The last time I checked we live in America were we are suppose to have personal freedoms.
Josh Hawley
If you dont want your kids to meet UIL scholastic aptitude standards then start your own home football league. I would guarantee 45% of the kids be home schooled wouldn’t meet the standards!