Bill > S2901

Introduced Session

This bill permits a public high school student in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade who participates in a school-sponsored sport and who is scheduled to attend a physical education course during the athletic season of that sport to substitute the physical education course with a study hall. The student who chooses to substitute the physical education course with a study hall is to receive for participation in the sport the number of high school graduation credits equal to the number received for completion of the physical education course. The bill requires the parent or guardian of the student to provide the school district with written approval for the substitution. The coach of the school-sponsored sport is given the responsibility to certify to the school district the student's participation in the sport. The bill provides that the school district is to determine which school athletic activities constitute a school-sponsored sport. Only student-athletes participating in school-sponsored sports will be permitted to elect to substitute study hall for physical education during that athletic season. This bill does not exempt students from the statutory requirement that they attend at least two and one-half hours per school week of health and safety education courses, when these courses are scheduled. This bill also does not affect the physical education requirement for students in grades one through eight or for high school students who do not participate in school-sponsored sports.

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Declan O'Scanlon (R)*,  Kristin Corrado (R), 

Senate Education Hearing (13:00:00 12/5/2024 Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ) (on 12/05/2024)

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