Senate Bill 2329, commonly known as the “Tim Tebow Act”, has failed to move past the Mississippi Senate in lieu of a 31-17 vote Thursday.
Like most, you may be wondering what the “Tim Tebow Act” is, and why of all places is the Mississippi Senate deciding on it, and not Florida?
The “Tim Tebow Act” was brought to the Mississippi Senate as an act that would allow students whom are home-schooled to compete and participate in extra curricular activities in their local public school district, identical to a Florida exception that allowed the famed collegiate star to play football in high school.
“Fairness” was cited when striking down the act Thursday by a majority of Senators.
Long time Mississippi Senator Hob Bryan laid out a possible scenario detailing a football player being cut from his current team due to bad grades, then opting to drop out of school, and become home-schooled just to regain membership to that same football team which had cut him originally.
When speaking to the Clarion-Ledger Bryan states:
“In many schools if you’re failing, you don’t get to participate in extra-curricular activities”
As of now the act has been completely rejected, and will not see new life unless it is added as an amendment to another bill before the conclusion of the Senate session.