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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2149 |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL SPORTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that home-schooled students are part of the diverse fabric that make up our educational system in Hawaii. In 2016, nearly three thousand students in Hawaii were home-schooled. Parents who choose to home-school their children are responsible for their child's total educational program, including athletics and other extracurricular activities. Under Hawaii law, home-schooled students do not have the right to participate in public school activities, including sports. Although individual schools and complex areas have the authority to allow home-schooled students to participate in its activities, policies vary.
It is imperative for the State to ensure that all home-schooled students have equitable opportunities to succeed. Allowing home-schooled, high school-age students to participate in individual sports as unattached athletes is an important way in which the State can move toward equity in education.
The purpose of this Act is to allow home-schooled, high school-age students to participate as unattached competitors in individual sports available to the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
(1) Is home-schooled in accordance with
section 302A-1132; and
(2) Meets the participation requirements
and restrictions for an individual sport, including maintaining appropriate
grade point averages, paying appropriate fees, and signing a release and express
assumption of risk waiver; provided that the requirements or restrictions of
the release shall not be inconsistent with this section;
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be allowed to participate as an unattached competitor in any individual sport
at athletic events sanctioned by an educational athletic organization and available
to the public school that the student would otherwise be required to attend.
(b) The department may adopt rules
to effectuate this section and provide procedures by which an eligible student
may apply to participate in individual sports.
(c) As used in this section, "individual
sport" means a school-authorized sport that does not require team
participation, including but not limited to air riflery, bowling, cross
country, diving, esports, golf, judo, swimming, tennis, track and field, and
wrestling."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Home Schooling; High School; Individual Sports; Participation
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