Rep. Rita Mayfield
Filed: 3/6/2014
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5397
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5397 as follows: | ||||||
3 | by replacing line 2 on page 1 through line 10 on page 2 with the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | "WHEREAS, Regular physical activity is associated with a | ||||||
6 | healthier, longer life and a lower risk of cardiovascular | ||||||
7 | disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and some | ||||||
8 | cancers; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Physical activity offers young people many health | ||||||
10 | benefits, including improved aerobic endurance and muscular | ||||||
11 | strength, better weight control, and the opportunity to build | ||||||
12 | lean muscle and bone mass and reduce fat; and | ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, Physically fit children have higher scholastic | ||||||
14 | achievement, better classroom behavior, a greater ability to | ||||||
15 | focus, and less absenteeism than their physically unfit |
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1 | counterparts;
and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, One important way to stop this rise in childhood | ||||||
3 | obesity is by establishing lifelong physical activity habits | ||||||
4 | with strong physical education programs and regular physical | ||||||
5 | activity opportunities in our nation's schools, both during and | ||||||
6 | outside of the regular school day; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, The Enhance Physical Education Task Force, | ||||||
8 | established by Public Act 97-1102, recommended enhancing | ||||||
9 | physical education to increase the amount of time students | ||||||
10 | spend in moderate to vigorous physical activity, with an | ||||||
11 | emphasis on fitness, skill-building, and cooperation; | ||||||
12 | therefore"; and
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13 | by replacing line 13 on page 2 through line 24 on page 5 with | ||||||
14 | the following: | ||||||
15 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
16 | 27-6.5 as follows: | ||||||
17 | (105 ILCS 5/27-6.5 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 27-6.5. Physical fitness assessments in schools. | ||||||
19 | (a) As used in this Section, "physical fitness assessment" | ||||||
20 | means a series of assessments to measure aerobic capacity, body | ||||||
21 | composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and |
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1 | flexibility. | ||||||
2 | (b) To measure the effectiveness of State Goal 20 of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and | ||||||
4 | Health, the State Board of Education shall require all public | ||||||
5 | schools to use, during the 2016-2017 school year and every | ||||||
6 | school year thereafter, a physical fitness assessment and | ||||||
7 | report fitness information to the State Board of Education, as | ||||||
8 | set forth in subsection (e) of this Section, to assess student | ||||||
9 | fitness indicators. | ||||||
10 | Public schools shall integrate health-related fitness | ||||||
11 | testing into the curriculum as an instructional tool, except in | ||||||
12 | the early elementary grades. Fitness tests must be appropriate | ||||||
13 | to students' developmental levels and physical abilities. The | ||||||
14 | testing must be used to teach students how to assess their | ||||||
15 | fitness levels, set goals for improvement, and monitor progress | ||||||
16 | in reaching their goals. | ||||||
17 | (c) On or before October 1, 2014, the State Superintendent | ||||||
18 | of Education shall appoint a 15-member stakeholder and expert | ||||||
19 | task force, including members representing organizations that | ||||||
20 | represent physical education teachers, school officials, | ||||||
21 | principals, health promotion and disease prevention advocates | ||||||
22 | and experts, school health advocates and experts, and other | ||||||
23 | experts with operational and academic expertise in the | ||||||
24 | measurement of fitness. The task force shall make | ||||||
25 | recommendations to the State Board of Education on the | ||||||
26 | following: |
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1 | (1) protocols for implementing a physical fitness | ||||||
2 | assessment in all public schools, including how often | ||||||
3 | physical fitness assessments must occur and how physical | ||||||
4 | fitness assessments must be conducted; | ||||||
5 | (2) how often physical fitness assessment data must be | ||||||
6 | aggregated and reported to the State Board of Education; | ||||||
7 | and | ||||||
8 | (3) how physical fitness assessment data must be | ||||||
9 | reported to the public, including potential correlations | ||||||
10 | with student academic achievement, attendance, and | ||||||
11 | discipline data, and recommended uses of the reported data. | ||||||
12 | The State Board of Education shall provide administrative | ||||||
13 | and other support to the task force. | ||||||
14 | The task force shall submit its recommendations on physical | ||||||
15 | fitness assessments on or before April 1, 2015. The task force | ||||||
16 | may also recommend protocols for assessing student progress on | ||||||
17 | State Goals 19 and 21 through 24 of the Illinois Learning | ||||||
18 | Standards for Physical Development and Health. The task force | ||||||
19 | is dissolved on April 30, 2015. | ||||||
20 | The provisions of this subsection (c), other than this | ||||||
21 | sentence, are inoperative after March 31, 2016. | ||||||
22 | (d) On or before October 1, 2015, the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Education shall use the recommendations of the task force under | ||||||
24 | subsection (c) of this Section to adopt rules for the | ||||||
25 | implementation of physical fitness assessments by each public | ||||||
26 | school for the 2016-2017 school year and every school year |
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1 | thereafter. | ||||||
2 | (e) On or before September 1, 2016, the State Board of | ||||||
3 | Education shall, by rule, develop a system for collecting and | ||||||
4 | reporting the aggregated fitness information from the physical | ||||||
5 | fitness assessments. This system shall also support the | ||||||
6 | collection of data from school districts that use a fitness | ||||||
7 | testing software program. | ||||||
8 | (f) School districts may report the aggregate findings of | ||||||
9 | physical fitness assessments by grade level and school to | ||||||
10 | parents and members of the community through typical | ||||||
11 | communication channels, such as Internet websites, school | ||||||
12 | newsletters, school board reports, and presentations. | ||||||
13 | (g) Nothing in this Section precludes schools from | ||||||
14 | implementing a physical fitness assessment before the | ||||||
15 | 2016-2017 school year or from implementing more robust forms of | ||||||
16 | a physical fitness assessment.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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