The Committee on Education and Public Works proposes the following amendment (LC-3195.WAB0001H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 59-29-80(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (B) A student may be exempted from physical education requirements by seeking a waiver from the local school board of trustees. The local board may grant such a request based on the following criteria:
  (1) The student must present a statement by his attending physician indicating that participation in physical education will jeopardize the student's health and well-being; or
  (2)(a) The parent and student must show that the student's attending physical education classes will violate their religious beliefs and would not be merely a matter of personal objection; and
   (b) the parent or student must be members of a recognized religious faith that objects to physical education as part of its official doctrine or creed.; or
  (3)(a) For students in seventh or eighth grade who seek middle school level physical education credit, a student taking units of ninth grade or higher work for high school credit at an off-campus location; and;
   (b) the school has made reasonable efforts to accommodate the student's participation in physical education.
  The local board shall encourage the student to take, as an alternative to physical education, appropriate instruction in health education or other instruction in lifestyle modification if an exemption is granted pursuant to this section.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.