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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 27-6 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
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| Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education - Special |
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| activities.
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| (a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State |
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| universities engaged in
preparing teachers shall, as soon as |
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| practicable, be required to engage
daily, during the school |
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| day, in courses of physical education for such
periods as are |
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| compatible with the optimum growth and development needs of
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| individuals at the various age levels except when appropriate |
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| excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's parent or |
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| guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act |
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| of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this |
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| Section.
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| Special activities in physical education shall be provided |
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| for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as determined |
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| by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, |
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| prevents their participation in the
courses provided for normal |
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| children.
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| (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
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| in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses |
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| if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following |
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| reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
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| athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are |
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| required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, |
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| provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the |
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| pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her |
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| choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required |