|
Public Act 098-0116
|
| SB2157 Enrolled | LRB098 08301 NHT 38404 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning education.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
27-6 as follows:
|
(105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
|
Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education required; special |
activities.
|
(a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State |
universities engaged in
preparing teachers shall be required to |
engage
daily during the school day, except on block scheduled |
days for those public schools engaged in block scheduling, in |
courses of physical education for such
periods as are
|
compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of
|
individuals at the various age levels except when appropriate |
excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's parent or |
guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act |
of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this |
Section.
|
Special activities in physical education shall be provided |
for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as determined |
by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, |
prevents their participation in the
courses provided for normal |
|
children.
|
(b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
|
in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses |
if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following |
reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
|
athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are |
required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, |
provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the |
pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her |
choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required |
for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take |
such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. |
A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 |
enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from engaging in |
physical education courses if those pupils
request to be |
excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
|
program. In addition, a pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who |
is eligible for special education may be excused if the pupil's |
parent or guardian agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time |
set aside for physical education to receive special education |
support and services or, if there is no agreement, the |
individualized education program team for the pupil determines |
that the pupil must utilize the time set aside for physical |
education to receive special education support and services, |
which agreement or determination must be made a part of the |
individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring |
|
adapted physical education must receive that service in |
accordance with the individualized education program developed |
for the pupil. If requested, a school board is authorized to |
excuse a pupil from engaging in a physical education course if |
the pupil has an individualized educational program under |
Article 14 of this Code, is participating in an adaptive |
athletic program outside of the school setting, and documents |
such participation as determined by the school board. A school |
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled
in |
a Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) program sponsored by |
the school
district from engaging in physical education |
courses.
School boards which choose to exercise this authority |
shall establish a policy
to excuse pupils on an individual |
basis.
|
(c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the |
provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
|
(Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; |
94-200, eff. 7-12-05; 94-1098, eff. 2-2-07; 95-331, eff. |
8-21-07.)
|
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
2013.
|