Let UHSAA enforce its own rules

I can't figure out how to convince my daughters that keeping a clean room is in their best interest.

I was consulting a great parenting book, but then it occurred to me, why should I try to come up with a solution that fits the needs of just my family, when the Utah Legislature could probably solve this problem for all mothers?

The Legislature seems to get involved in so many other things that are someone else's responsibility that it seemed a lot easier to let them write a law mandating my kids keep their rooms clean.

You think I'm being silly, but it's not as far-fetched as one may think.

Micromanagement doesn't really begin to describe some of this year's proposed bills. One of them, SB81, attempts to create new eligibility and transfer rules for two groups of students — home school and charter school students.

If there are issues unique to these two groups, and there are, then why not take those issues up with the people who are responsible for the rules and their enforcement?

Too logical, I know.

State law designates the Utah High School Activities Association as the agency responsible for writing and enforcing the rules regarding sanctioned extra-curricular activities. That includes eligibility and transfer requirements.

The UHSAA, in accordance with the State School Board's rules and regulations, has an entire handbook of rules regarding prep sports, including who can participate and how.

So it would seem that if the rules governing home school or charter school students need to be modified, a person or people would go to the UHSAA to make a case for any changes.

But why go to the agency that is responsible for governing those issues when you can just make a law that overrides any rule the UHSAA has? Why allow for the many checks and balances of the system to work? Why let those most affected by these policies debate and discuss them before instituting new rules?

SB81 would prevent the state's transfer rules from affecting those attending charter schools in the school's first three years of existence. It also makes it easier for home school students to participate in activities and athletics at public or charter high schools.