PE Credit For JROTC

San Francisco Unified School District and County Office of Education

Board Policy 6142.75

PE Credit For JROTC

This Board Policy applies to the San Francisco Unified School District and the County Office of Education.

This policy provides the criteria for offering PE credit to students enrolled in JROTC.  There are two potential options for awarding such credit: (1) allowing students enrolled in JROTC to take PE through separate independent study; or (2) awarding PE credit for the JROTC course if certain criteria have been satisfied.

PE Through Independent Study

Students enrolled in JROTC may opt to take PE through independent study, in conformance with the Administrative Regulations adopted for this purpose or subsequent revisions of those regulations. The school site principal shall have the discretion to determine which school certificated staff will supervise PE independent study based on legal and policy requirements, and the needs of the school site.

PE Credit for JROTC Course

The Board of Education authorizes the provision of PE credit for JROTC if the following criteria have been satisfied: 

1. The JROTC course must provide at least 400 minutes of physical education every 10 days as required by EC 51222, and will include outdoor physical activities and vigorous physical training; and
    
2. The course, as part of the overall course of study at the school, must substantially meet the objectives and criteria of EC Section 33352(b)(7)(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), but does not need to include all 8 areas of study; and
    
3. The JROTC instructor must possess a credential or authorization that permits instruction in physical education, including but not limited to a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Physical Education or a Special Teaching Authorization in Physical Education Designated Subjects Special Subjects (DSSS) in Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and Basic Military Drill (BMD); and   
    
4. The JROTC instructor must possess a Bachelor of Arts degree (while a BA is not legally required to offer PE credit for JROTC, the Board has determined that a BA is necessary if JROTC will be offered for PE credit); and
    
5. The physical fitness test designated by the State Board of Education shall be administered as required by law.

Please note that compare references, or “cf”, refer to CSBA model policies and do not necessarily indicate that the San Francisco Unified School District has adopted the referenced policy.