Bill Text: IL HB1572 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that pupils must engage daily during the school day in courses of physical education for at least 20 minutes (instead of for such periods as are compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of individuals at the various age levels). Provides that a physical education course of study shall provide students with an opportunity for at least 20 minutes (instead of an appropriate amount) of daily physical activity. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1572 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1572-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1572 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Rita Mayfield 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 must engage daily during the school day in courses of physical education for at least 20 minutes (instead of for such periods as are compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of individuals at the various age levels). Provides that a physical education course of study shall provide students with an opportunity for at least 20 minutes (instead of an appropriate amount) of daily physical activity. Effective immediately.
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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 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 at least 20 minutes, 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

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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

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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.
(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 at least 20 minutes an appropriate amount of
daily physical activity. A physical education course of study
must be part of the regular school curriculum and not

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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.
(Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-200, eff. 7-12-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.