Current Status Bill Number:3152 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Cromer All Sponsors:Cromer and Haskins Drafted Document Number:jic\5218sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Physical education course requirement in school districts, curriculum
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee House 19970108 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPWView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 59-29-80, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REQUIRED COURSES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE AND EXCEPTIONS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A ROTC PROGRAM, SO AS TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A DANCE PROGRAM CONSISTING OF AT LEAST TWO SEMESTERS OF DANCE WHERE COURSE CREDITS ARE EARNED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-29-80(A) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 368 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"(A) There shall be established and provided in all the public schools of this State physical education, training, and instruction of pupils of both sexes, and every pupil attending any school, in so far as he is physically fit and able to do so, shall take the course or courses provided by this section. Suitable modified courses shall be provided for students physically or mentally unable or unfit to take the course or courses prescribed for normal pupils. However, in any public school which offers a military or naval ROTC program sponsored by one of the military services of the United States, or which offers a dance program consisting of at least two semesters of dance where course credits are earned, training in such a program may be deemed equivalent to physical education instruction, and may be accepted in lieu of such instruction for all purposes, academic or nonacademic, as may hereinafter be provided."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.