Full Text of HB0161 98th General Assembly
HB0161eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 , other than New | 10 | | Tech High at Zion-Benton East in Zion-Benton Township High | 11 | | School District 126, and State universities engaged in
| 12 | | preparing teachers shall be required to engage
daily during the | 13 | | school day, except on block scheduled days for those public | 14 | | schools engaged in block scheduling, in courses of physical | 15 | | education for such
periods as are
compatible with the optimum | 16 | | growth and developmental needs of
individuals at the various | 17 | | age levels except when appropriate excuses
are submitted to the | 18 | | school by a pupil's parent or guardian or by a person
licensed | 19 | | under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and except as provided | 20 | | in
subsection (b) of this Section.
| 21 | | (a-5) Pupils enrolled in New Tech High at Zion-Benton East | 22 | | in Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 shall be | 23 | | required to engage in courses of physical education 3 days a |
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| 1 | | week during the school day, within the school's modified block | 2 | | schedule, for such periods as are compatible with the optimum | 3 | | growth and developmental needs of individuals at the various | 4 | | age levels, except when appropriate excuses are submitted to | 5 | | the school by a pupil's parent or guardian or by a person | 6 | | licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and except as | 7 | | provided in subsection (b) of this Section. The school's pupils | 8 | | shall be required to document with their physical education | 9 | | course instructor 120 minutes of additional physical activity | 10 | | per week outside of the classroom, with the types of physical | 11 | | activity that qualify being determined by the school, except | 12 | | when appropriate excuses are submitted to the school by a | 13 | | pupil's parent or guardian or by a person licensed under the | 14 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987. | 15 | | (a-10) Special activities in physical education shall be | 16 | | provided for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as | 17 | | determined by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act | 18 | | of 1987, prevents their participation in the
courses provided | 19 | | for normal children.
| 20 | | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
| 21 | | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses | 22 | | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following | 23 | | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
| 24 | | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are | 25 | | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, | 26 | | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the |
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| 1 | | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her | 2 | | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required | 3 | | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take | 4 | | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. | 5 | | A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 | 6 | | enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from engaging in | 7 | | physical education courses if those pupils
request to be | 8 | | excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
| 9 | | program. In addition, a pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who | 10 | | is eligible for special education may be excused if the pupil's | 11 | | parent or guardian agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time | 12 | | set aside for physical education to receive special education | 13 | | support and services or, if there is no agreement, the | 14 | | individualized education program team for the pupil determines | 15 | | that the pupil must utilize the time set aside for physical | 16 | | education to receive special education support and services, | 17 | | which agreement or determination must be made a part of the | 18 | | individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring | 19 | | adapted physical education must receive that service in | 20 | | accordance with the individualized education program developed | 21 | | for the pupil. A school board may also excuse pupils in grades | 22 | | 9 through 12 enrolled
in a Reserve Officer's Training Corps | 23 | | (ROTC) program sponsored by the school
district from engaging | 24 | | in physical education courses.
School boards which choose to | 25 | | exercise this authority shall establish a policy
to excuse | 26 | | pupils on an individual basis.
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| 1 | | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | 2 | | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; | 4 | | 94-200, eff. 7-12-05; 94-1098, eff. 2-2-07; 95-331, eff. | 5 | | 8-21-07.)
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-7)
| 7 | | Sec. 27-7. Physical education course of study.
A physical | 8 | | education course of study shall include a developmentally | 9 | | planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development | 10 | | of movement skills, enhances health-related fitness, increases | 11 | | students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how | 12 | | to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages | 13 | | healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. A | 14 | | physical education course of study shall provide students with | 15 | | an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical | 16 | | activity. A physical education course of study must be part of | 17 | | the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in | 18 | | nature or organization.
| 19 | | The State Board of Education
shall prepare and make
| 20 | | available guidelines for the various grades and types of | 21 | | schools in
order to make effective the purposes set forth in | 22 | | this section and the
requirements provided in Section 27-6, and | 23 | | shall see that the general
provisions and intent of Sections | 24 | | 27-5 to 27-9, inclusive, are
enforced.
| 25 | | With respect to New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in |
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| 1 | | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126, this Section is | 2 | | subject to subsection (a-5) of Section 27-6 of this Code. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-200, eff. 7-12-05.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 5 | | 2013.
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