Redesigning High School Physical Education Curricula to Meet Students’ Needs

Abstract

School districts across the nation are reducing and/or eliminating physical education requirements. In 2017, the Illinois legislature adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 1947 which eliminated the daily PE requirement in schools, thus removing Illinois from the short list of states requiring daily PE. The purpose of this article is to share the changes Illinois School District U-46 implemented to their high school PE curricula which they feel better meets their students’ needs.

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Shelby E. Ison

Shelby E. Ison ([email protected]) is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Urbana, IL and an adjunct faculty in the Department of Applied Sciences at Heartland Community College in Normal, IL.

Tracey Jakaitis

Tracey Jakaitis is the student wellness curriculum coordinator for Elgin School District U-46 in Elgin, IL.

K. Andrew R. Richards,

K. Andrew R. Richards ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, IL.

Shannon Pennington

Shannon Pennington is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Urbana, IL and an alternative high school physical education teacher at Illinois School District U-46, in Elgin, IL.