(Virginia) Senate panel kills 'Tebow bill' - homeschoolers NOT allowed on public school sports teams

[ljm2002]

99. Of course there are different reasons for home schooling...

...I worked with a software engineer whose two children were home schooled, and there were decidedly non-fundies, in fact they were atheist or at least agnostic Jews with a strong interest in science. But then again, they did not expect the public schools that they had rejected, should take up the slack in their children's physical education or participation in team sports.

Businesses, schools and private organizations hook up with local leagues all the time. There is no reason at all that home schoolers cannot do the same. Too damn bad they can't siphon money from the public schools -- the very ones that they rejected because those schools just could not do the job. Public schools are having their money siphoned by everyone these days, especially the privatizers who want to destroy public education altogether. I see no policy reason for public schools to accommodate children whose parents have pulled them OUT of the public school system.

Vindictiveness has nothing to do with it. You make your decisions, and then you deal with the consequences of those decisions. Or do we all get to pick and choose what parts we want to homeschool our children, and what parts we don't? What you would see is parents taking advantage of all the extras such as sports programs, arts programs, music and drama programs -- all of which cost money and all of which are hurting in the public schools by and large. Yet by your logic, we have no right to exclude home schooled children, apparently because it's a burden on them. Well guess what? It's a burden on the public schools too.

They opted out, fine. I understand there may be very good reasons for doing so. Just make your choice and live with it.