SB58 Alabama 2010 Session

Existing provisions prevent a child instructed at home by either a private tutor or under the laws relating to church schools to participate in extracurricular activities offered by public schools

This bill as enacted would be cited as the "Tim Tebow Act." As used in this bill, the term "extracurricular" would mean any school authorized activity including athletics, athletic teams, and band occurring during or outside the regular instructional school day

This bill would allow a student being taught at home by either a private tutor or under church school law to participate in athletics, athletic teams, and band

This bill would require participating students to adhere to the same requirements as public school students concerning activity fees, standards of behavior, responsibility, performance, conduct, academic standards, and residency requirements

This bill would specify that insurance coverage provided by a school board for participants in extracurricular activities would cover a child instructed at home by private tutor or under church school law

This bill would also specify that no school team utilizing these students would be impeded from competing against any other public or private school team

This bill would allow such students to participate in these activities in a non-public school, if the non-public school permits such student participation

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to education; providing for the Tim Tebow Act; permitting a child instructed at home either by a private tutor or under the church school law to participate in extracurricular activities; to provide certain requirements; to provide for insurance coverage; to specify schools utilizing such students may not be impeded from competing against other schools; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.