May 23, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Clack, Meadows, Hammon, Young, Cushingberry, Donigan, Johnson, Constan, Leland, Lahti, Gillard, Byrnes, Coulouris, Alma Smith, Hopgood, Warren, Polidori, Farrah, Meisner, Lemmons, Angerer and Vagnozzi 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 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)
A school district may 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). The course in
physical education shall focus on developing a pupil's strength,
cardiovascular fitness, and flexibility rather than on recreational
activities.