In 2017, Texas homeschool families across the state were polled on several issues by Ragnar Research Partners. According to a memo of the results, this survey found that 77% of homeschool families supported legislation that would allow homeschool families to decide whether or not to participate in extracurricular activities within their local public school.

The bill that the pollsters surveyed would have opened the University Interscholastic League (UIL) up to homeschool families who chose to participate. This bill would give homeschoolers the ability to access or try out for any academic or athletic activity sanctioned by the UIL.

Quick Hits:

• 84% of homeschool parents who consider themselves liberal support allowing homeschooled children to participate in UIL.
• 75% of homeschool parents who consider themselves conservative support homeschool participation in UIL.
• From 74% to 84%, support of homeschool parents from all across the state is fairly even regardless of which regions of the state the families live in.

The exact wording of the UIL participation question to survey participants was,

As you may know, UIL is the organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in Texas. There is currently a bill being considered in Texas that would allow homeschooled students to participate in the interscholastic activities administered by UIL. Based on what you know today, would you say that you support or oppose this bill?

This scientific survey was conducted according to industry standards with a sample size of 500 survey participants, which is above the average sample size used for statewide scientific surveys.

Like most scientific surveys, this survey has a ∓4% error rate, meaning that the lowest possible percentage of support of this bill of homeschool families according to this study is 73%.

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