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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On April 30, 2004, the State Board of Education
3 filed its Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates with the
4 Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of
5 State of Illinois as required by Section 2-3.25g of the School
6 Code; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Physical education is a critical need of children
8 in this State, especially for reasons related to childhood
9 obesity and diabetes; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The State finds physical education to be of so
11 much value that the State has made physical education a core
12 requirement for all public elementary and secondary school
13 students, and this requirement should not be waived; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The current process required of the General
15 Assembly to deny waivers of School Code mandates has made it
16 difficult to amend the proposed denials from the originating
17 chamber; therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
20 encourage the State to end its practice of allowing waivers of
21 School Code mandates related to physical education.