Iowa-2017-SF2174-Introduced
Senate File 2174 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY CHELGREN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the conditions for which a student enrolled
2 in grades one through twelve may be excused from physical
3 education requirements.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2018,
1 2 are amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades one through
1 4 six: English=language arts, social studies, mathematics,
1 5 science, health, age=appropriate and research=based human
1 6 growth and development, physical education, traffic safety,
1 7 music, and visual art.
1 8 a. The health curriculum shall include the characteristics
1 9 of communicable diseases including acquired immune deficiency
1 10 syndrome.
1 11 b. A school may excuse a student from the physical education
1 12 component of the elementary program if the student's parent
1 13 or guardian requests in writing that the student be excused
1 14 from the physical education class offered and taught under
1 15 this subsection and the student engages in physical activity
1 16 for at least two hours per week at a fitness exercise club or
1 17 other physical fitness or sports center that is approved by the
1 18 school for this purpose.
1 19 c. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall
1 20 adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the elementary
1 21 program.
1 22 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
1 23 eight: English=language arts; social studies; mathematics;
1 24 science; health; age=appropriate and research=based human
1 25 growth and development; career exploration and development;
1 26 physical education; music; and visual art.
1 27 a. Career exploration and development shall be designed
1 28 so that students are appropriately prepared to create an
1 29 individual career and academic plan pursuant to section
1 30 279.61, incorporate foundational career and technical education
1 31 concepts aligned with the six career and technical education
1 32 service areas as defined in subsection 5, paragraph "h", and
1 33 incorporate relevant twenty=first century skills.
1 34 b. The health curriculum shall include age=appropriate
1 35 and research=based information regarding the characteristics
2 1 of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the
2 2 availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired
2 3 immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
2 4 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for
2 5 implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However,
2 6 this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career
2 7 exploration and development in nonpublic schools. For purposes
2 8 of this section, "age=appropriate", "HPV", and "research=based"
2 9 mean the same as defined in section 279.50.
2 10 c. A school may excuse a student from the physical education
2 11 component of the education program if the student's parent
2 12 or guardian requests in writing that the student be excused
2 13 from the physical education class offered and taught under
2 14 this subsection and the student engages in physical activity
2 15 for at least two hours per week at a fitness exercise club or
2 16 other physical fitness or sports center that is approved by the
2 17 school for this purpose.
2 18 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph g,
2 19 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended by adding the following
2 20 new subparagraph division:
2 21 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION. (c) Physical fitness activity
2 22 for at least two hours per week at a fitness exercise club or
2 23 other physical fitness or sports center that is approved by the
2 24 school for this purpose.
2 25 Sec. 3. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph g,
2 26 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
2 27 (2) Students in grades nine through eleven may be excused
2 28 from the physical education requirement in order to enroll
2 29 in academic courses not otherwise available to the student
2 30 if the board of directors of the school district in which
2 31 the school is located, or the authorities in charge of the
2 32 school, if the school is a nonpublic school, determine that
2 33 students from the school may be permitted to be excused
2 34 from the physical education requirement. A student may be
2 35 excused by the principal of the school in which the student is
3 1 enrolled, in consultation with the student's counselor, for up
3 2 to one semester, trimester, or the equivalent of a semester or
3 3 trimester, per year if the parent or guardian of the student
3 4 requests in writing that the student be excused from the
3 5 physical education requirement. The student seeking to be
3 6 excused from the physical education requirement must, at some
3 7 time during the period for which the excuse is sought, be meet
3 8 any of the following conditions:
3 9 (a) Be a participant in an organized and supervised athletic
3 10 program which requires at least as much time of participation
3 11 per week as one=eighth unit of physical education.
3 12 (b) Engage in physical fitness activity for at least two
3 13 hours per week at a fitness exercise club or other physical
3 14 fitness or sports center that is approved by the school for
3 15 this purpose.
3 16 EXPLANATION
3 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
3 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
3 19 This bill authorizes a student in grades 1 through 12 to
3 20 be excused from the physical fitness requirements under the
3 21 state's educational standards if the student is engaging in
3 22 physical fitness activity for at least two hours per week at
3 23 a fitness exercise club or other physical fitness or sports
3 24 center that is approved by the school.
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