It would allow for homeschooled students to play sports on public school teams. Various lawmakers have filed versions of the legislation for years now with no luck. 
Now, Magnolia Tribune reports that in Mississippi, both the Senate and House Education chairmen have filed nearly identical bills in the same session.
Grant Callen is the Founder and CEO at Empower Mississippi.
He explained the Act in an interview with AFN, starting with a bit of Tim Tebow's own history.
"Yeah, so Tim Tebow was a homeschool student who had the privilege in Florida of playing in public school sports. So, he wasn't enrolled in public school classrooms, but he was a homeschool student who played in those public school sports. For people who have followed him, he ended up playing college football as well,It’s never been so close, but now the Tim Tebow Act, as the measure has been dubbed, is close to getting passed in the Mississippi legislature. winning the Heisman, going on to play in the NFL, and he's really proud of the fact that he was a homeschooler."
A homeschooler too, Callen said he is a big advocate for this measure.
“I'm a big believer that parents need more options for their families. So, it's one reason Empower Mississippi spends a lot of time talking about school choice. But Tim, the Tim Tebow law is something that we don't have in Mississippi."
Taxation without representation
He made the case that homeschool families pay taxes just like everybody else, and they would like to, in some cases, participate in extracurricular activities as well.
There are currently 33 states that have this law. Mississippi would be No. 34.
"There is a House bill and a Senate bill. These bills would allow homeschool families to participate in public school sports in Mississippi, and this bill has been a long time coming. It’s been introduced a number of years, but it feels like this might be the year we finally get it cross this line."
