Bill Text: IL SB2321 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled in a show choir program for credit from engaging in physical education courses if those pupils request to be excused for ongoing participation in such show choir program. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2321 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2321-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2321
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2321 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 | ||||||
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| 1 | guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical Practice Act | ||||||
| 2 | of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) of this | ||||||
| 3 | Section.
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| 4 | Special activities in physical education shall be provided | ||||||
| 5 | for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as determined | ||||||
| 6 | by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | ||||||
| 7 | prevents their participation in the
courses provided for normal | ||||||
| 8 | children.
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| 9 | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
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| 10 | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
| 11 | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following | ||||||
| 12 | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
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| 13 | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are | ||||||
| 14 | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, | ||||||
| 15 | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the | ||||||
| 16 | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her | ||||||
| 17 | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required | ||||||
| 18 | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take | ||||||
| 19 | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. | ||||||
| 20 | A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 | ||||||
| 21 | enrolled in a marching band program for credit from engaging in | ||||||
| 22 | physical education courses if those pupils
request to be | ||||||
| 23 | excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
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| 24 | program. A school board may excuse pupils in grades 9 through | ||||||
| 25 | 12 enrolled in a show choir program, for credit and taught by a | ||||||
| 26 | licensed teacher, from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
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| 1 | if those pupils request to be excused for ongoing participation | ||||||
| 2 | in the show choir program, if those pupils are excused only one | ||||||
| 3 | semester per school term, and if the show choir program | ||||||
| 4 | emphasizes dance-type movement with singing. In addition, a | ||||||
| 5 | pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who is eligible for special | ||||||
| 6 | education may be excused if the pupil's parent or guardian | ||||||
| 7 | agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time set aside for | ||||||
| 8 | physical education to receive special education support and | ||||||
| 9 | services or, if there is no agreement, the individualized | ||||||
| 10 | education program team for the pupil determines that the pupil | ||||||
| 11 | must utilize the time set aside for physical education to | ||||||
| 12 | receive special education support and services, which | ||||||
| 13 | agreement or determination must be made a part of the | ||||||
| 14 | individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring | ||||||
| 15 | adapted physical education must receive that service in | ||||||
| 16 | accordance with the individualized education program developed | ||||||
| 17 | for the pupil. A school board may also excuse pupils in grades | ||||||
| 18 | 9 through 12 enrolled
in a Reserve Officer's Training Corps | ||||||
| 19 | (ROTC) program sponsored by the school
district from engaging | ||||||
| 20 | in physical education courses.
School boards which choose to | ||||||
| 21 | exercise this authority shall establish a policy
to excuse | ||||||
| 22 | pupils on an individual basis.
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| 23 | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | ||||||
| 24 | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-198, eff. 1-1-06; | ||||||
| 26 | 94-200, eff. 7-12-05; 94-1098, eff. 2-2-07; 95-331, eff. | ||||||
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| 1 | 8-21-07.)
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| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 3 | becoming law.".
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