Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/19/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 246 and 247
    4  insert:
    5         (f) One credit in physical education.—Physical education
    6  must include the integration of health. Participation in an
    7  interscholastic sport at the junior varsity or varsity level for
    8  two full seasons shall satisfy the one-credit requirement in
    9  physical education if the student passes a competency test on
   10  personal fitness with a score of “C” or better. The competency
   11  test on personal fitness developed by the Department of
   12  Education must be used. A district school board may not require
   13  that the one credit in physical education be taken during the
   14  9th grade year. Completion of one semester with a grade of “C”
   15  or better in a marching band class, in a physical activity class
   16  that requires participation in marching band activities as an
   17  extracurricular activity, or in a dance class shall satisfy one
   18  half credit in physical education or one-half credit in
   19  performing arts. This credit may not be used to satisfy the
   20  personal fitness requirement or the requirement for adaptive
   21  physical education under an individual education plan (IEP) or
   22  504 plan. Completion of 2 years in a Reserve Officer Training
   23  Corps (R.O.T.C.) class, a significant component of which is
   24  drills, shall satisfy the one-credit requirement in physical
   25  education and the one-credit requirement in performing arts.
   26  This credit may not be used to satisfy the personal fitness
   27  requirement or the requirement for adaptive physical education
   28  under an IEP or 504 plan.
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   30  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   31  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 214
   33  and insert:
   34         Section 4. Paragraphs (b), (d), and (f) of subsection (3)
   35  and
   36  
   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Between lines 20 and 21
   40  insert:
   41         removing a requirement that a student participating in
   42         an interscholastic sport pass a competency test on
   43         personal fitness to satisfy the physical education
   44         credit requirement for high school graduation;