A new act has been passed by the Alabama House of Representatives, a bill that will allow home-schooled children to play sports in public schools.
The bill was named after Tim Tebow, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Tebow, the son of a military man, was homeschooled in Florida. Normally, homeschooled kids were not allowed to participate in public school teams. Tebow was an exception as he was allowed to play football at Allen D. Nease High School.
To those who are unaware, Alabama is one of many states that does not permit homeschooled children to join public sports teams. But now all that could change, allowing kids to participate in various sports activities like football and baseball.
While there are a lot of supporters to the bill, there are also who are opposing the move. Some believe that homeschooled children could inundate the sports programs of public schools and eventually pose problems to the system.
However, it was explained that only a small percentage of homeschooled students would utilize the public school sports program and should not render stress which is something being reasoned out by the ones opposing the bill.
As a basis for comparison, there are 28 other states which have applied such and have thus far endured success. Hence, Alabama is being enticed to join the cause and all that could be imminent. The bill has already passed the Alabama House via vote of 52-43 and will now be moving on to the Senate.
It should be worth pointing out that had Tebow not been excluded from the previous rule, the world may have not gotten the chance to be discovered and known.
With the Tim Tebow Bill, kids currently under the homeschool program will have the chance to show off their skills and talent on the sport of their choice, not to mention potentially discovering new talents that could follow in the footsteps of Tim Tebow.
