Bill Text: IL SB1523 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that physical education may (rather than shall) be provided to pupils. Makes related changes, including changes concerning physical fitness assessments. Removes a provision concerning the State Board of Education preparing and making available guidelines for the various grades and types of schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1523 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1523-Introduced.html
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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 Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.25g, 27-5, 27-6, 27-6.5, and 27-7 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25g) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.25g. Waiver or modification of mandates within the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | School
Code and administrative rules and regulations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Board" means a school board or the governing board or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | administrative district, as the case may be, for a joint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | agreement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Eligible applicant" means a school district, joint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | agreement made up of school districts, or regional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | superintendent of schools on behalf of schools and programs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | operated by the regional office of education.
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17 | "Implementation date" has the meaning set forth in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Section 24A-2.5 of this Code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
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20 | (b) Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Code or any other law of this State to the
contrary, eligible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | applicants may petition the State Board of Education for the
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23 | waiver or modification of the mandates of this School Code or |
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1 | of the
administrative rules and regulations promulgated by the | ||||||
2 | State Board of
Education. Waivers or modifications of | ||||||
3 | administrative rules and regulations
and modifications of | ||||||
4 | mandates of this School Code may be requested when an eligible | ||||||
5 | applicant demonstrates that it can address the intent of the | ||||||
6 | rule or
mandate in a more effective, efficient, or economical | ||||||
7 | manner or when necessary
to stimulate innovation or improve | ||||||
8 | student performance. Waivers of
mandates of
the School Code may | ||||||
9 | be requested when the waivers are necessary to stimulate
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10 | innovation or improve student performance. Waivers may not be | ||||||
11 | requested
from laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to | ||||||
12 | special education, teacher educator licensure, teacher tenure | ||||||
13 | and seniority, or Section 5-2.1 of this Code or from compliance | ||||||
14 | with the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110). | ||||||
15 | Eligible applicants may not seek a waiver or seek a | ||||||
16 | modification of a mandate regarding the requirements for (i) | ||||||
17 | student performance data to be a significant factor in teacher | ||||||
18 | or principal evaluations or (ii) teachers and principals to be | ||||||
19 | rated using the 4 categories of "excellent", "proficient", | ||||||
20 | "needs improvement", or "unsatisfactory". On September 1, | ||||||
21 | 2014, any previously authorized waiver or modification from | ||||||
22 | such requirements shall terminate. | ||||||
23 | (c) Eligible applicants, as a matter of inherent managerial | ||||||
24 | policy, and any
Independent Authority established under | ||||||
25 | Section 2-3.25f-5 of this Code may submit an
application for a | ||||||
26 | waiver or modification authorized under this Section. Each
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1 | application must include a written request by the eligible | ||||||
2 | applicant or
Independent Authority and must demonstrate that | ||||||
3 | the intent of the mandate can
be addressed in a more effective, | ||||||
4 | efficient, or economical manner
or be based
upon a specific | ||||||
5 | plan for improved student performance and school improvement.
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6 | Any eligible applicant requesting a waiver or modification for | ||||||
7 | the reason that intent
of the mandate can be addressed in a | ||||||
8 | more economical manner shall include in
the application a | ||||||
9 | fiscal analysis showing current expenditures on the mandate
and | ||||||
10 | projected savings resulting from the waiver
or modification. | ||||||
11 | Applications
and plans developed by eligible applicants must be | ||||||
12 | approved by the board or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
13 | applying on behalf of schools or programs operated by the | ||||||
14 | regional office of education following a public hearing on the | ||||||
15 | application and plan and the
opportunity for the board or | ||||||
16 | regional superintendent to hear testimony from staff
directly | ||||||
17 | involved in
its implementation, parents, and students. The time | ||||||
18 | period for such testimony shall be separate from the time | ||||||
19 | period established by the eligible applicant for public comment | ||||||
20 | on other matters. If the applicant is a school district or | ||||||
21 | joint agreement requesting a waiver or modification of Section | ||||||
22 | 27-6 of this Code, the public hearing shall be held on a day | ||||||
23 | other than the day on which a regular meeting of the board is | ||||||
24 | held. | ||||||
25 | (c-5) If the applicant is a school district, then the | ||||||
26 | district shall post information that sets forth the time, date, |
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1 | place, and general subject matter of the public hearing on its | ||||||
2 | Internet website at least 14 days prior to the hearing. If the | ||||||
3 | district is requesting to increase the fee charged for driver | ||||||
4 | education authorized pursuant to Section 27-24.2 of this Code, | ||||||
5 | the website information shall include the proposed amount of | ||||||
6 | the fee the district will request. All school districts must | ||||||
7 | publish a notice of the public hearing at least 7 days prior to | ||||||
8 | the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the | ||||||
9 | school district that sets forth the time, date, place, and | ||||||
10 | general subject matter of the hearing. Districts requesting to | ||||||
11 | increase the fee charged for driver education shall include in | ||||||
12 | the published notice the proposed amount of the fee the | ||||||
13 | district will request. If the applicant is a joint agreement or | ||||||
14 | regional superintendent, then the joint agreement or regional | ||||||
15 | superintendent shall post information that sets forth the time, | ||||||
16 | date, place, and general subject matter of the public hearing | ||||||
17 | on its Internet website at least 14 days prior to the hearing. | ||||||
18 | If the joint agreement or regional superintendent is requesting | ||||||
19 | to increase the fee charged for driver education authorized | ||||||
20 | pursuant to Section 27-24.2 of this Code, the website | ||||||
21 | information shall include the proposed amount of the fee the | ||||||
22 | applicant will request. All joint agreements and regional | ||||||
23 | superintendents must publish a notice of the public hearing at | ||||||
24 | least 7 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general | ||||||
25 | circulation in each school district that is a member of the | ||||||
26 | joint agreement or that is served by the educational service |
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1 | region that sets forth the time, date, place, and general | ||||||
2 | subject matter of the hearing, provided that a notice appearing | ||||||
3 | in a newspaper generally circulated in more than one school | ||||||
4 | district shall be deemed to fulfill this requirement with | ||||||
5 | respect to all of the affected districts. Joint agreements or | ||||||
6 | regional superintendents requesting to increase the fee | ||||||
7 | charged for driver education shall include in the published | ||||||
8 | notice the proposed amount of the fee the applicant will | ||||||
9 | request. The
eligible applicant must notify in writing the | ||||||
10 | affected exclusive collective
bargaining agent and those State | ||||||
11 | legislators representing the eligible applicant's territory of
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12 | its
intent to seek approval of a
waiver or
modification and of | ||||||
13 | the hearing to be held to take testimony from staff.
The | ||||||
14 | affected exclusive collective bargaining agents shall be | ||||||
15 | notified of such
public hearing at least 7 days prior to the | ||||||
16 | date of the hearing and shall be
allowed to attend
such public | ||||||
17 | hearing. The eligible applicant shall attest to compliance with | ||||||
18 | all of
the notification and procedural requirements set forth | ||||||
19 | in this Section. | ||||||
20 | (d) A request for a waiver or modification of | ||||||
21 | administrative rules and
regulations or for a modification of | ||||||
22 | mandates contained in this School Code
shall be submitted to | ||||||
23 | the State Board of Education within 15 days after
approval by | ||||||
24 | the board or regional superintendent of schools. The | ||||||
25 | application as submitted to the
State Board of Education shall | ||||||
26 | include a description of the public hearing. Except with |
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1 | respect to contracting for adaptive driver education, an | ||||||
2 | eligible applicant wishing to request a modification or waiver | ||||||
3 | of administrative rules of the State Board of Education | ||||||
4 | regarding contracting with a commercial driver training school | ||||||
5 | to provide the course of study authorized under Section 27-24.2 | ||||||
6 | of this Code must provide evidence with its application that | ||||||
7 | the commercial driver training school with which it will | ||||||
8 | contract holds a license issued by the Secretary of State under | ||||||
9 | Article IV of Chapter 6 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and that | ||||||
10 | each instructor employed by the commercial driver training | ||||||
11 | school to provide instruction to students served by the school | ||||||
12 | district holds a valid teaching certificate or teaching | ||||||
13 | license, as applicable, issued under the requirements of this | ||||||
14 | Code and rules of the State Board of Education. Such evidence | ||||||
15 | must include, but need not be limited to, a list of each | ||||||
16 | instructor assigned to teach students served by the school | ||||||
17 | district, which list shall include the instructor's name, | ||||||
18 | personal identification number as required by the State Board | ||||||
19 | of Education, birth date, and driver's license number. If the | ||||||
20 | modification or waiver is granted, then the eligible applicant | ||||||
21 | shall notify the State Board of Education of any changes in the | ||||||
22 | personnel providing instruction within 15 calendar days after | ||||||
23 | an instructor leaves the program or a new instructor is hired. | ||||||
24 | Such notification shall include the instructor's name, | ||||||
25 | personal identification number as required by the State Board | ||||||
26 | of Education, birth date, and driver's license number. If a |
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1 | school district maintains an Internet website, then the | ||||||
2 | district shall post a copy of the final contract between the | ||||||
3 | district and the commercial driver training school on the | ||||||
4 | district's Internet website. If no Internet website exists, | ||||||
5 | then the district shall make available the contract upon | ||||||
6 | request. A record of all materials in relation to the | ||||||
7 | application for contracting must be maintained by the school | ||||||
8 | district and made available to parents and guardians upon | ||||||
9 | request. The instructor's date of birth and driver's license | ||||||
10 | number and any other personally identifying information as | ||||||
11 | deemed by the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 | ||||||
12 | must be redacted from any public materials.
Following receipt | ||||||
13 | of the waiver or modification request, the
State Board shall | ||||||
14 | have 45 days to review the application and request. If the
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15 | State Board fails to disapprove the application within that 45 | ||||||
16 | day period, the
waiver or modification shall be deemed granted. | ||||||
17 | The State Board
may disapprove
any request if it is not based | ||||||
18 | upon sound educational practices, endangers the
health or | ||||||
19 | safety of students or staff, compromises equal opportunities | ||||||
20 | for
learning, or fails to demonstrate that the intent of the | ||||||
21 | rule or mandate can be
addressed in a more effective, | ||||||
22 | efficient, or economical manner or have improved
student | ||||||
23 | performance as a primary goal. Any request disapproved by the | ||||||
24 | State
Board may be appealed to the General Assembly by the | ||||||
25 | eligible applicant
as outlined in this Section. | ||||||
26 | A request for a waiver from mandates contained in this |
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1 | School Code shall be
submitted to the State Board within 15 | ||||||
2 | days after approval by the board or regional superintendent of | ||||||
3 | schools.
The application as submitted to the State Board of | ||||||
4 | Education
shall include a description of the public hearing. | ||||||
5 | The description shall
include, but need not be limited to, the | ||||||
6 | means of notice, the number of people
in attendance, the number | ||||||
7 | of people who spoke as proponents or opponents of the
waiver, a | ||||||
8 | brief description of their comments, and whether there were any
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9 | written statements submitted.
The State Board shall review the | ||||||
10 | applications and requests for
completeness and shall compile | ||||||
11 | the requests in reports to be filed with the
General Assembly.
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12 | The State Board shall file
reports outlining the waivers
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13 | requested by eligible applicants
and appeals by eligible | ||||||
14 | applicants of requests
disapproved by the State Board with the | ||||||
15 | Senate and the House of
Representatives before each March 1 and
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16 | October
1. The General Assembly may disapprove the report of | ||||||
17 | the State Board in whole
or in part within 60 calendar days | ||||||
18 | after each house of the General Assembly
next
convenes after | ||||||
19 | the report is filed by adoption of a resolution by a record | ||||||
20 | vote
of the majority of members elected in each house. If the | ||||||
21 | General Assembly
fails to disapprove any waiver request or | ||||||
22 | appealed request within such 60
day period, the waiver or | ||||||
23 | modification shall be deemed granted. Any resolution
adopted by | ||||||
24 | the General Assembly disapproving a report of the State Board | ||||||
25 | in
whole or in part shall be binding on the State Board. | ||||||
26 | (e) An approved waiver or modification (except a waiver |
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1 | from or modification to a physical education mandate) may | ||||||
2 | remain in effect for a period not to
exceed 5 school years and | ||||||
3 | may be renewed upon application by the
eligible applicant. | ||||||
4 | However, such waiver or modification may be changed within that
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5 | 5-year period by a board or regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
6 | applying on behalf of schools or programs operated by the | ||||||
7 | regional office of education following the procedure as set
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8 | forth in this Section for the initial waiver or modification | ||||||
9 | request. If
neither the State Board of Education nor the | ||||||
10 | General Assembly disapproves, the
change is deemed granted. | ||||||
11 | An approved waiver from or modification to a physical | ||||||
12 | education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to | ||||||
13 | exceed 2 school years and may be renewed no more than 2 times | ||||||
14 | upon application by the eligible applicant. An approved waiver | ||||||
15 | from or modification to a physical education mandate may be | ||||||
16 | changed within the 2-year period by the board or regional | ||||||
17 | superintendent of schools, whichever is applicable, following | ||||||
18 | the procedure set forth in this Section for the initial waiver | ||||||
19 | or modification request. If neither the State Board of | ||||||
20 | Education nor the General Assembly disapproves, the change is | ||||||
21 | deemed granted.
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22 | (f) (Blank). | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 98-513, eff. 1-1-14; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14; | ||||||
24 | 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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25 | (105 ILCS 5/27-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-5)
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1 | Sec. 27-5. Physical education and training. School boards | ||||||
2 | of public schools and the Board of Governors of State
Colleges | ||||||
3 | and Universities may shall provide for the physical education | ||||||
4 | and
training of pupils of the schools and laboratory schools | ||||||
5 | under their
respective control , and may shall include physical | ||||||
6 | education and training in
the courses of study regularly taught | ||||||
7 | therein. The physical education
and training course offered in | ||||||
8 | grades 5 through 10 may include
the health
education course | ||||||
9 | required in the Critical Health Problems and
Comprehensive
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10 | Health Education Act.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 89-618, eff. 8-9-96.)
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12 | (105 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-6)
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13 | Sec. 27-6. Courses in physical education required ; special | ||||||
14 | activities.
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15 | (a) Pupils enrolled in the public schools and State | ||||||
16 | universities engaged in
preparing teachers may shall be | ||||||
17 | required to engage
daily during the school day, except on block | ||||||
18 | scheduled days for those public schools engaged in block | ||||||
19 | scheduling, in courses of physical education for such
periods | ||||||
20 | as are
compatible with the optimum growth and developmental | ||||||
21 | needs of
individuals at the various age levels except when | ||||||
22 | appropriate excuses
are submitted to the school by a pupil's | ||||||
23 | parent or guardian or by a person
licensed under the Medical | ||||||
24 | Practice Act of 1987 and except as provided in
subsection (b) | ||||||
25 | of this Section.
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1 | If a public school elects to provide physical education, | ||||||
2 | special Special activities in physical education shall be | ||||||
3 | provided for pupils
whose physical or emotional condition, as | ||||||
4 | determined by a person licensed
under the Medical Practice Act | ||||||
5 | of 1987, prevents their participation in the
courses provided | ||||||
6 | for normal children.
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7 | (b) A school board is authorized to excuse pupils enrolled
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8 | in grades 11 and 12 from engaging in physical education courses | ||||||
9 | if those
pupils request to be excused for any of the following | ||||||
10 | reasons: (1) for
ongoing participation in an interscholastic
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11 | athletic program; (2) to enroll in academic classes which are | ||||||
12 | required for
admission to an institution of higher learning, | ||||||
13 | provided that failure to
take such classes will result in the | ||||||
14 | pupil being denied admission to the
institution of his or her | ||||||
15 | choice; or (3) to enroll in academic classes
which are required | ||||||
16 | for graduation from high school, provided that failure to
take | ||||||
17 | such classes will result in the pupil being unable to graduate. | ||||||
18 | A school
board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 | ||||||
19 | enrolled in a marching band
program for credit from engaging in | ||||||
20 | physical education courses if those pupils
request to be | ||||||
21 | excused for ongoing participation in such marching band
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22 | program. In addition, a pupil
in any of grades 3 through 12 who | ||||||
23 | is eligible for special education may be excused if the pupil's | ||||||
24 | parent or guardian agrees that the pupil
must utilize the time | ||||||
25 | set aside for physical education to receive special education | ||||||
26 | support and services or, if there is no agreement, the |
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1 | individualized education program team for the pupil determines | ||||||
2 | that the pupil must utilize the time set aside for physical | ||||||
3 | education to receive special education support and services, | ||||||
4 | which agreement or determination must be made a part of the | ||||||
5 | individualized education program. However, a pupil requiring | ||||||
6 | adapted physical education must receive that service in | ||||||
7 | accordance with the individualized education program developed | ||||||
8 | for the pupil. If requested, a school board is authorized to | ||||||
9 | excuse a pupil from engaging in a physical education course if | ||||||
10 | the pupil has an individualized educational program under | ||||||
11 | Article 14 of this Code, is participating in an adaptive | ||||||
12 | athletic program outside of the school setting, and documents | ||||||
13 | such participation as determined by the school board. A school | ||||||
14 | board may also excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled
in | ||||||
15 | a Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) program sponsored by | ||||||
16 | the school
district from engaging in physical education | ||||||
17 | courses.
School boards which choose to exercise this authority | ||||||
18 | may shall establish a policy
to excuse pupils on an individual | ||||||
19 | basis.
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20 | (c) The provisions of this Section are subject to the | ||||||
21 | provisions of
Section 27-22.05.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 98-116, eff. 7-29-13.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/27-6.5) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 27-6.5. Physical fitness assessments in schools. | ||||||
25 | (a) As used in this Section, "physical fitness assessment" |
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1 | means a series of assessments to measure aerobic capacity, body | ||||||
2 | composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and | ||||||
3 | flexibility. | ||||||
4 | (b) To measure the effectiveness of State Goal 20 of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Learning Standards for Physical Development and | ||||||
6 | Health, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year and every | ||||||
7 | school year thereafter, the State Board of Education may allow | ||||||
8 | shall require all public schools to use a scientifically-based, | ||||||
9 | health-related physical fitness assessment for grades 3 | ||||||
10 | through 12 and periodically report fitness information to the | ||||||
11 | State Board of Education, as set forth in subsections (c) and | ||||||
12 | (e) of this Section, to assess student fitness indicators. | ||||||
13 | Public schools may shall integrate health-related fitness | ||||||
14 | testing into the curriculum as an instructional tool, except in | ||||||
15 | grades before the 3rd grade. Fitness tests must be appropriate | ||||||
16 | to students' developmental levels and physical abilities. The | ||||||
17 | testing must be used to teach students how to assess their | ||||||
18 | fitness levels, set goals for improvement, and monitor progress | ||||||
19 | in reaching their goals. Fitness scores shall not be used for | ||||||
20 | grading students or evaluating teachers. | ||||||
21 | (c) On or before October 1, 2014, the State Superintendent | ||||||
22 | of Education shall appoint a 15-member stakeholder and expert | ||||||
23 | task force, including members representing organizations that | ||||||
24 | represent physical education teachers, school officials, | ||||||
25 | principals, health promotion and disease prevention advocates | ||||||
26 | and experts, school health advocates and experts, and other |
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1 | experts with operational and academic expertise in the | ||||||
2 | measurement of fitness. The task force shall make | ||||||
3 | recommendations to the State Board of Education on the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | (1) methods for ensuring the validity and uniformity of | ||||||
6 | reported physical fitness assessment scores, including | ||||||
7 | assessment administration protocols and professional | ||||||
8 | development approaches for physical education teachers; | ||||||
9 | (2) how often physical fitness assessment scores | ||||||
10 | should be reported to the State Board of Education; | ||||||
11 | (3) the grade levels within elementary, middle, and | ||||||
12 | high school categories for which physical fitness | ||||||
13 | assessment scores should be reported to the State Board of | ||||||
14 | Education; | ||||||
15 | (4) the minimum fitness indicators that should be | ||||||
16 | reported to the State Board of Education, including, but | ||||||
17 | not limited to, a score for aerobic capacity (for grades 4 | ||||||
18 | through 12); muscular strength; endurance; and | ||||||
19 | flexibility; | ||||||
20 | (5) the demographic information that should accompany | ||||||
21 | the scores, including, but not limited to, grade and | ||||||
22 | gender; | ||||||
23 | (6) the development of protocols regarding the | ||||||
24 | protection of students' confidentiality and individual | ||||||
25 | information and identifiers; and | ||||||
26 | (7) how physical fitness assessment data should be
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1 | reported by the State Board of Education to the public, | ||||||
2 | including potential correlations
with student academic | ||||||
3 | achievement, attendance, and
discipline data and other | ||||||
4 | recommended uses of the reported data. | ||||||
5 | The State Board of Education shall provide administrative | ||||||
6 | and other support to the task force. | ||||||
7 | The task force shall submit its recommendations on physical | ||||||
8 | fitness assessments on or before April 1, 2015. The task force | ||||||
9 | may also recommend methods for assessing student progress on | ||||||
10 | State Goals 19 and 21 through 24 of the Illinois Learning | ||||||
11 | Standards for Physical Development and Health. The task force | ||||||
12 | is dissolved on April 30, 2015. | ||||||
13 | The provisions of this subsection (c), other than this | ||||||
14 | sentence, are inoperative after March 31, 2016. | ||||||
15 | (d) On or before December 31, 2015, the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Education shall use the recommendations of the task force under | ||||||
17 | subsection (c) of this Section to adopt rules for the | ||||||
18 | implementation of physical fitness assessments by each public | ||||||
19 | school , electing to participate, for the 2016-2017 school year | ||||||
20 | and every school year thereafter. | ||||||
21 | (e) On or before September 1, 2016, the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Education may shall adopt rules for data submission by school | ||||||
23 | districts and develop a system for collecting and reporting the | ||||||
24 | aggregated fitness information from the physical fitness | ||||||
25 | assessments. This system may shall also support the collection | ||||||
26 | of data from school districts that use a fitness testing |
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1 | software program. | ||||||
2 | (f) School districts may report the aggregate findings of | ||||||
3 | physical fitness assessments by grade level and school to | ||||||
4 | parents and members of the community through typical | ||||||
5 | communication channels, such as Internet websites, school | ||||||
6 | newsletters, school board reports, and presentations. | ||||||
7 | Districts may also provide individual fitness assessment | ||||||
8 | reports to students' parents. | ||||||
9 | (g) Nothing in this Section precludes schools from | ||||||
10 | implementing a physical fitness assessment before the | ||||||
11 | 2016-2017 school year or from implementing more robust forms of | ||||||
12 | a physical fitness assessment.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 98-859, eff. 8-4-14.)
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/27-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-7)
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15 | Sec. 27-7. Physical education course of study.
A physical | ||||||
16 | education course of study may shall include a developmentally | ||||||
17 | planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development | ||||||
18 | of movement skills, enhances health-related fitness, increases | ||||||
19 | students' knowledge, offers direct opportunities to learn how | ||||||
20 | to work cooperatively in a group setting, and encourages | ||||||
21 | healthy habits and attitudes for a healthy lifestyle. A | ||||||
22 | physical education course of study may shall provide students | ||||||
23 | with an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical | ||||||
24 | activity. A physical education course of study may must be part | ||||||
25 | of the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in |
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1 | nature or organization .
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2 | The State Board of Education
shall prepare and make
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3 | available guidelines for the various grades and types of | ||||||
4 | schools in
order to make effective the purposes set forth in | ||||||
5 | this section and the
requirements provided in Section 27-6, and | ||||||
6 | shall see that the general
provisions and intent of Sections | ||||||
7 | 27-5 to 27-9, inclusive, are
enforced.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 94-189, eff. 7-12-05; 94-200, eff. 7-12-05.)
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