Bill Text: MI HB5140 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; curricula; physical education requirements; revise. Amends sec. 1502 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1502).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-02 - Printed Bill Filed 11/02/2011 [HB5140 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5140-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5140

 

November 1, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Bauer, Liss, Slavens, Rutledge, Ananich, Haugh, Constan, Hovey-Wright and McCann and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1502 (MCL 380.1502), as amended by 1993 PA 335.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1502. (1) Health and Each public school shall establish

 

and provide physical education for pupils of both sexes. shall be

 

established and provided in all public schools of this state.

 

Subject to subsection (2), each Each pupil attending public school

 

in this state who is physically fit and capable of doing so shall

 

take the course in physical education.

 

     (2) All of the following apply to physical education under

 

this section:

 

     (a) As part of providing physical education under this

 

section, the governing board of a public school shall ensure both

 

of the following:

 

     (i) For each of grades K to 5, the public school shall provide

 

for all pupils at least 30 minutes of physical education at least 2

 

days per week for the entire school year.

 

     (ii) For each of grades 6 to 8, the public school shall provide

 

for all pupils at least 45 minutes of physical education every

 

school day for at least 1 semester.

 

     (b) The governing board of a public school shall ensure that

 

class size for physical education is consistent with class size for

 

other subject areas and other classrooms.

 

     (c) The department shall establish guidelines for physical

 

education that are consistent with physical education standards,

 

grade level content expectations, the state board's policy on

 

quality physical education, and the best available scientific

 

research concerning physical education. The governing board of a

 

public school shall ensure that the public school follows these

 

guidelines.

 

     (3) (2) A public school district may shall not credit a

 

pupil's participation in extracurricular athletics or other

 

extracurricular activities involving physical activity as meeting

 

the physical education requirement for the pupil under subsection

 

(1).