Bill Text: IL HB0161 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils enrolled in New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 shall be required to engage in courses of physical education 3 days a week (instead of daily) during the school day, within the school's modified block schedule. Provides that the school's pupils shall be required to document with their physical education course instructor an additional 120 minutes of physical activity per week outside of the classroom, with the types of physical activity that qualify being determined by the school. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2013.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0161 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB0161-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB0161 Introduced , by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-6 from Ch. 122, par. 27-6
105 ILCS 5/27-7 from Ch. 122, par. 27-7
Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils enrolled in New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 shall be required to engage in courses of physical education 3 days a week (instead of daily) during the school day, within the school's modified block schedule. Provides that the school's pupils shall be required to document with their physical education course instructor an additional 120 minutes of physical activity per week outside of the classroom, with the types of physical activity that qualify being determined by the school. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2013.
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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 Sections
27-6 and 27-7 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, other than New
Tech High at Zion-Benton East in Zion-Benton Township High
School District 126, 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.
(a-5) Pupils enrolled in New Tech High at Zion-Benton East
in Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 shall be
required to engage in courses of physical education 3 days a

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week during the school day, within the school's modified block
schedule, 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. The school's pupils
shall be required to document with their physical education
course instructor 120 minutes of additional physical activity
per week outside of the classroom, with the types of physical
activity that qualify being determined by the school, 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.
(a-10) 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

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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. 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.

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(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.)
(105 ILCS 5/27-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-7)
Sec. 27-7. Physical education course of study. A physical
education course of study shall include a developmentally
planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development
of movement skills, enhances health-related fitness, increases
students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how
to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages
healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. A
physical education course of study shall provide students with
an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical
activity. A physical education course of study must be part of
the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in
nature or organization.
The State Board of Education shall prepare and make
available guidelines for the various grades and types of
schools in order to make effective the purposes set forth in
this section and the requirements provided in Section 27-6, and
shall see that the general provisions and intent of Sections
27-5 to 27-9, inclusive, are enforced.
With respect to New Tech High at Zion-Benton East in

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Zion-Benton Township High School District 126, this Section is
subject to subsection (a-5) of Section 27-6 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-200, eff. 7-12-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2013.