BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 138
Author: Fuller (R), et al.
Amended: 3/18/15
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 6-0, 3/25/15
AYES: Huff, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Pan, Liu
SUBJECT: Physical education: exemption: high school rodeo
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill authorizes school districts to exempt high
school students from physical education courses if the student
is engaged in high school rodeo.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1. Requires students to complete two courses in physical
education as a condition of graduation, unless otherwise
exempted. (Education Code § 51225.3)
2. Requires students in grades 7-12, except those exempted,
to attend courses of physical education for not less than
400 minutes each 10 schooldays.
(EC § 51222)
3. Authorizes school districts and county offices of
education to grant exemptions, as follows:
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A. A temporary exemption may be granted to a
student who is either:
(1) Ill or injured and a modified
program to meet the needs of the student cannot
be provided.
(2) The student is enrolled for
one-half, or less, of the work normally required
of full-time students. (EC § 51241)
A. A two-year exemption anytime during grades
10-12, if the student has satisfactorily met at least
five of the six standards of the physical performance
test. (EC § 51241)
B. A permanent exemption if the student complies
with any of the following:
(1) Is 16 years of age or
older and has been enrolled in the grade 10 for
one academic year or longer.
(2) Is enrolled as a
postgraduate student.
(3) Is enrolled in a juvenile
home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp school where
students are scheduled for recreation and
exercise.
(EC § 51241)
A. A student who is engaged in a regular
school-sponsored interscholastic athletic program
carried on wholly or partially after regular school
hours. (EC § 51242)
1. Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to
exercise general supervision over the courses of physical
education in schools, advise schools in the development and
improvement of their physical education and activity
programs, and investigate the work in physical education in
public schools. The CDE is required to ensure that the
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data collected through the categorical program monitoring
indicates the extent to which schools, among other things:
A. Provides instruction in physical education for
a total period of time of not less than 400 minutes
each 10 schooldays to students in grades 7-12.
B. Conducts physical fitness testing.
C. Provides a course of study in physical
education to high school students that includes a
developmentally appropriate sequence of instruction,
including the effects of physical activity upon
dynamic health, the mechanics of body movement,
aquatics, gymnastics and tumbling, individual and dual
sports, rhythms and dance, team sports, and
combatives. (EC § 33352)
This bill authorizes school districts to exempt high school
students from physical education courses if the student is
engaged in high school rodeo. Specifically, this bill:
1. Authorizes the governing board of a school district to
exempt a four-year or senior high school student from
attending physical education courses if the student is
engaged in high school rodeo, wholly or partially after
regular school hours.
2. Makes technical changes by including cross-references of
other existing exemptions in provisions that require
non-exempted students to attend physical education courses
for at least 400 minutes each 10 schooldays.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified3/25/15)
California Circuit Finals Rodeo
California High School Rodeo Association
California Horse Council
National High School Rodeo Association
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Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
Rodeo Club Advisor, Oakdale High School
OPPOSITION: (Verified3/25/15)
American Heart Association
California Association for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
One individual
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the author, many schools
choose to interpret the authority in current law to exempt from
physical education only those students who play traditional
sports. Often times, the California High School Rodeo
Association athletes are not included in this exemption.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: According to the California
Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance, this activity does not provide comprehensive
standards-based physical education and should not be allowed to
fulfill the requirement for physical education. This program
(rodeo) has distinctly different goals and objectives than
physical education and is based on a participatory model rather
than an educational model.
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
4/2/15 14:59:27
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