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Rep. Robert Rita
Filed: 3/30/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2762
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2762 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 required; 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 be required to |
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| engage
daily during the school day, except on block scheduled |
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| days for those public schools engaged in block scheduling, in |
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| courses of physical education for such
periods as are
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| compatible with the optimum growth and developmental 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 |
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| for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take |
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| such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. |
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| A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 |
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| enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from engaging in |
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| physical education courses if those pupils
request to be |
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| excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
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| program. In addition, a school board may excuse pupils in |
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| grades 4
9 through 12 if those pupils must utilize the time set |
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| aside for physical education to receive special education |
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| support and services. A school board may also excuse pupils in |
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| grades
9 through 12 enrolled
in a Reserve Officer's Training |
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| Corps (ROTC) program sponsored by the school
district from |
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| engaging in physical education courses.
School boards which |
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| choose to exercise this authority shall establish a policy
to |
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| excuse pupils on an individual basis.
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| (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the |
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| provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; |
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| 94-200, eff. 7-12-05; revised 8-19-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2006.".
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