Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, speaks to a colleague on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on April 18, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. DuBose has filed a bill that would allow homeschool students to participate in career tech programs. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
An Alabama state representative has filed a bill that would allow homeschool students to participate in career and technical education programs in traditional schools.
HB 61, sponsored by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, would also allow the related expenses to be covered by the CHOOSE Act.
DuBose said the bill came from a constituent of hers whose son wanted to learn a trade. She said the local option did not allow homeschool students to participate in career technical education.
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“ So I called around and sure enough the individual schools could opt in and allow students to do it but districts were not required to have a program that allowed homeschooled students to participate,” she said.