98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3274

 

Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/21B-200 new

    Amends the School Code. Allows a teacher who teaches physical education or health education in the public schools to meet the requirements for highly qualified status that apply to teachers who teach in core academic subjects pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.


LRB098 16918 NHT 55366 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3274LRB098 16918 NHT 55366 b

1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
521B-200 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/21B-200 new)
7    Sec. 21B-200. Highly qualified teachers; physical and
8health education. A teacher who teaches physical education or
9health education in the public schools may meet the
10requirements for highly qualified status that apply to teachers
11who teach in core academic subjects pursuant to the federal No
12Child Left Behind Act of 2001.