Bill Text: IA SF2041 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the physical education participation requirement for high school students under the educational standards. (See SF 2253.)
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2253. S.J. 308. [SF2041 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2041-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2041
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2041
BY
MATHIS
,
HOGG
,
BISIGNANO
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
JOCHUM
,
ZAUN
,
CELSI
,
BOLKCOM
,
PETERSEN
,
J.
SMITH
,
GIDDENS
,
and
BOULTON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
physical
education
participation
1
requirement
for
high
school
students
under
the
educational
2
standards.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
g,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
2
new
subparagraph
division:
3
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(c)
Show
choir,
if
the
student’s
4
participation
per
week
in
show
choir
is
at
least
equivalent
5
to
the
per-week
participation
required
for
one-eighth
unit
of
6
physical
education.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
g,
8
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
(2)
Students
in
grades
nine
through
eleven
may
be
excused
10
from
the
physical
education
requirement
in
order
to
enroll
11
in
academic
courses
not
otherwise
available
to
the
student
12
if
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
in
which
13
the
school
is
located,
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
the
14
school,
if
the
school
is
a
nonpublic
school,
determine
that
15
students
from
the
school
may
be
permitted
to
be
excused
16
from
the
physical
education
requirement.
A
student
may
be
17
excused
by
the
principal
of
the
school
in
which
the
student
18
is
enrolled,
in
consultation
with
the
student’s
counselor,
19
for
up
to
one
semester,
trimester,
or
the
equivalent
of
a
20
semester
or
trimester,
per
year
if
the
parent
or
guardian
of
21
the
student
requests
in
writing
that
the
student
be
excused
22
from
the
physical
education
requirement.
The
student
seeking
23
to
be
excused
from
the
physical
education
requirement
must,
24
at
some
time
during
the
period
for
which
the
excuse
is
25
sought,
be
a
participant
in
show
choir,
or
in
an
organized
and
26
supervised
athletic
program
,
which
requires
at
least
as
much
27
time
of
participation
per
week
as
one-eighth
unit
of
physical
28
education.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
256.11,
subsection
6,
paragraph
b,
30
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
(2)
All
physically
able
students
in
grades
six
through
32
twelve
shall
be
required
to
engage
in
a
physical
activity
for
33
a
minimum
of
one
hundred
twenty
minutes
per
week.
A
student
34
participating
in
an
organized
and
supervised
athletic
program
,
35
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show
choir,
or
non-school-sponsored
extracurricular
activity
1
which
requires
the
student
to
participate
in
physical
activity
2
for
a
minimum
of
one
hundred
twenty
minutes
per
week
is
exempt
3
from
the
requirements
of
this
subparagraph.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
permits
a
high
school
principal
to
excuse
a
8
high
school
student
from
the
physical
education
requirements
9
under
the
educational
standards
of
Code
section
256.11
if
10
the
student
is
participating
in
show
choir
for
at
least
the
11
equivalent
amount
of
time
as
is
required
for
one-eighth
unit
12
of
physical
education.
The
bill
also
exempts
from
physical
13
activity
requirements
middle
school
and
high
school
students
14
who
participate
in
show
choir.
15
For
a
student
in
grades
9
through
11,
the
student
must
be
16
seeking
the
excuse
in
order
to
enroll
in
academic
courses
not
17
otherwise
available
to
the
student,
the
principal
must
consult
18
with
the
student’s
counselor,
and
the
student
can
only
be
19
excused
for
one
semester,
or
the
equivalent,
per
school
year.
20
For
a
student
in
grade
12,
the
student
may
be
excused
for
two
21
semesters
or
the
equivalent.
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