Tim Tebow Act fails to pass Senate
By Gary Gurecki
An act to help homeschooled children participate in extra curricular activities named after former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow died in the Mississippi Senate today
A Mississippi Act named after Tim Tebow was killed in the Senate today. The act in question would have allowed children who are homeschooled to participate in extra-curricular activities in the local public school district. The bill failed to pass following a 31-17 vote. Most Senators cited “fairness” as the reason that the bill did not pass the Senate.
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The Tim Tebow Act also known as Senate Bill 2329, reflected a similar rule that helped Tebow himself participate in football as a Florida high-schooler, while being homeschooled. The Bill was introduced by Mississippi State Senator Joey Fillingane defended his Bill saying that the it gave homeschooled children no unfair advantage.
One of the opponents of the bill was Senator Hob Bryan who has held a Mississippi public office since 1984 said to the Clarion-Ledger, “In many schools if you’re failing, you don’t get to participate in extra-curricular activities”. The Senator then went on to present a hypothetical scenario in which a football player could be cut from a team due to bad grades, and then drop out and become homeschooled in an attempt to be let back onto the team.
No similar has been introduced in the house, and the Act is dead unless it can be added as an amendment to another bill before the end of session. There has been no comment on whether there will be a further attempt to pass this or a bill with similar language.
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