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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2536 Introduced 2/18/2015, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/27-6 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-6 |
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Amends the School Code. Permits a school board to excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 from engaging in physical education courses if those pupils request to be excused and are enrolled in 2 or more Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 27-6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
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| 7 | | Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education required; special |
| 8 | | activities.
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| 9 | | (a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State |
| 10 | | universities engaged in
preparing teachers shall be required to |
| 11 | | engage
daily during the school day, except on block scheduled |
| 12 | | days for those public schools engaged in block scheduling, in |
| 13 | | courses of physical education for such
periods as are
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| 14 | | compatible with the optimum growth and developmental needs of
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| 15 | | individuals at the various age levels except when appropriate |
| 16 | | excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's parent or |
| 17 | | guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act |
| 18 | | of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this |
| 19 | | Section.
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| 20 | | Special activities in physical education shall be provided |
| 21 | | for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as determined |
| 22 | | by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, |
| 23 | | prevents their participation in the
courses provided for normal |
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| 1 | | children.
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| 2 | | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
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| 3 | | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses |
| 4 | | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following |
| 5 | | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
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| 6 | | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are |
| 7 | | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, |
| 8 | | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the |
| 9 | | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her |
| 10 | | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required |
| 11 | | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take |
| 12 | | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. |
| 13 | | A school board may excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 from |
| 14 | | engaging in physical education courses if those pupils request |
| 15 | | to be excused and are enrolled in 2 or more Advanced Placement |
| 16 | | (AP) courses. A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 |
| 17 | | through 12 enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from |
| 18 | | engaging in physical education courses if those pupils
request |
| 19 | | to be excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
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| 20 | | program. In addition, a pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who |
| 21 | | is eligible for special education may be excused if the pupil's |
| 22 | | parent or guardian agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time |
| 23 | | set aside for physical education to receive special education |
| 24 | | support and services or, if there is no agreement, the |
| 25 | | individualized education program team for the pupil determines |
| 26 | | that the pupil must utilize the time set aside for physical |
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| 1 | | education to receive special education support and services, |
| 2 | | which agreement or determination must be made a part of the |
| 3 | | individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring |
| 4 | | adapted physical education must receive that service in |
| 5 | | accordance with the individualized education program developed |
| 6 | | for the pupil. If requested, a school board is authorized to |
| 7 | | excuse a pupil from engaging in a physical education course if |
| 8 | | the pupil has an individualized educational program under |
| 9 | | Article 14 of this Code, is participating in an adaptive |
| 10 | | athletic program outside of the school setting, and documents |
| 11 | | such participation as determined by the school board. A school |
| 12 | | board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled
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| 13 | | a Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) program sponsored by |
| 14 | | the school
district from engaging in physical education |
| 15 | | courses.
School boards which choose to exercise this authority |
| 16 | | shall establish a policy
to excuse pupils on an individual |
| 17 | | basis.
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| 18 | | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the |
| 19 | | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 98-116, eff. 7-29-13.)
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