Full Text of HB0161 98th General Assembly
HB0161ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond Filed: 4/3/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 161
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 161 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 27-6 and 27-7 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
| 7 | | Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education required; special | 8 | | activities.
| 9 | | (a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State | 10 | | universities engaged in
preparing teachers shall be required to | 11 | | engage
daily during the school day, except on block scheduled | 12 | | days for those public schools engaged in block scheduling, in | 13 | | courses of physical education for such
periods as are
| 14 | | compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of
| 15 | | individuals at the various age levels except when appropriate | 16 | | excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's parent or |
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| 1 | | guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act | 2 | | of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this | 3 | | Section.
| 4 | | (a-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, | 5 | | pupils enrolled in New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in | 6 | | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 shall be required | 7 | | to engage in courses of physical education 3 days a week during | 8 | | the school day, within the school's modified block schedule, | 9 | | for such periods as are compatible with the optimum growth and | 10 | | developmental needs of individuals at the various age levels, | 11 | | except when appropriate excuses are submitted to the school by | 12 | | a pupil's parent or guardian or by a person licensed under the | 13 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987 and except as provided in | 14 | | subsection (b) of this Section. The school's pupils shall be | 15 | | required to document with their physical education course | 16 | | instructor 120 minutes of additional physical activity per week | 17 | | outside of the classroom, with the types of physical activity | 18 | | that qualify being determined by the school, except when | 19 | | appropriate excuses are submitted to the school by a pupil's | 20 | | parent or guardian or by a person licensed under the Medical | 21 | | Practice Act of 1987. The provisions of this subsection (a-5), | 22 | | other than this sentence, are inoperative after June 30, 2017. | 23 | | (a-10) Special activities in physical education shall be | 24 | | provided for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as | 25 | | determined by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act | 26 | | of 1987, prevents their participation in the
courses provided |
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| 1 | | for normal children.
| 2 | | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
| 3 | | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses | 4 | | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following | 5 | | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
| 6 | | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are | 7 | | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, | 8 | | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the | 9 | | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her | 10 | | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required | 11 | | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take | 12 | | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. | 13 | | A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 | 14 | | enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from engaging in | 15 | | physical education courses if those pupils
request to be | 16 | | excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
| 17 | | program. In addition, a pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who | 18 | | is eligible for special education may be excused if the pupil's | 19 | | parent or guardian agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time | 20 | | set aside for physical education to receive special education | 21 | | support and services or, if there is no agreement, the | 22 | | individualized education program team for the pupil determines | 23 | | that the pupil must utilize the time set aside for physical | 24 | | education to receive special education support and services, | 25 | | which agreement or determination must be made a part of the | 26 | | individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring |
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| 1 | | adapted physical education must receive that service in | 2 | | accordance with the individualized education program developed | 3 | | for the pupil. A school board may also excuse pupils in grades | 4 | | 9 through 12 enrolled
in a Reserve Officer's Training Corps | 5 | | (ROTC) program sponsored by the school
district from engaging | 6 | | in physical education courses.
School boards which choose to | 7 | | exercise this authority shall establish a policy
to excuse | 8 | | pupils on an individual basis.
| 9 | | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 10 | | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; | 12 | | 94-200, eff. 7-12-05; 94-1098, eff. 2-2-07; 95-331, eff. | 13 | | 8-21-07.)
| 14 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-7)
| 15 | | Sec. 27-7. Physical education course of study.
A physical | 16 | | education course of study shall include a developmentally | 17 | | planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development | 18 | | of movement skills, enhances health-related fitness, increases | 19 | | students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how | 20 | | to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages | 21 | | healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. A | 22 | | physical education course of study shall provide students with | 23 | | an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical | 24 | | activity. A physical education course of study must be part of | 25 | | the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in |
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| 1 | | nature or organization.
| 2 | | The State Board of Education
shall prepare and make
| 3 | | available guidelines for the various grades and types of | 4 | | schools in
order to make effective the purposes set forth in | 5 | | this section and the
requirements provided in Section 27-6, and | 6 | | shall see that the general
provisions and intent of Sections | 7 | | 27-5 to 27-9, inclusive, are
enforced.
| 8 | | With respect to New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in | 9 | | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126, this Section is | 10 | | subject to subsection (a-5) of Section 27-6 of this Code. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-200, eff. 7-12-05.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 13 | | 2013.".
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