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Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1502 (2026)

Health and physical education; establishment; course in physical education required; extracurricular athletics as meeting requirement.

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THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE


Act 451 of 1976


380.1502 Health and physical education; establishment; course in physical education required; extracurricular athletics as meeting requirement.

Sec. 1502.

    (1) Health and physical education for pupils of both sexes shall be established and provided in all public schools of this state. Subject to subsection (2), each pupil attending public school in this state who is physically fit and capable of doing so shall take the course in physical education.

    (2) A school district may credit a pupil's participation in extracurricular athletics or other extracurricular activities involving physical activity as meeting the physical education requirement for the pupil under subsection (1).

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2021 · leading case: Durant v. State Bd. of Educ., 381 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. 1986).
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Durant v. State Bd. of Educ., 381 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “This issue must be dealt with here because of inconsistencies in the holding of the Court of Appeals which leave the proper interpretation of § 29 and MCL 21.”
Reid v. Kenowa Hills Pub. Schs., 680 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 4× “41521 makes it clear that the participation of a school district in an interscholastic athletic association is merely permissive and not required.”
Sheridan Road Baptist Church v. Dep't of Educ., 396 N.W.2d 373 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 2× “41171); instruction in the pluralistic, multiracial, and multiethnic nature of society (MCL 380.1173; MSA 15.41173); instruction in the culture of ethnic, religious, and racial minorities, and the contributions of women (MCL 380.”
Churilla v. Sch. Dist. for East Detroit, 306 N.W.2d 381 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “While MCL 380.1502; MSA 15.41502 mandates "health and physical education" in the public schools, it does not require the maintenance of extracurricular athletic activities.”
Boulet v. Brunswick Corp., 336 N.W.2d 904 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “While MCL 380.1502; MSA 15.41502 mandates `health and physical education' in the public schools, it does not require the maintenance of extracurricular athletic activities.”
Berschback v. Grosse Pointe Pub. Sch. Dist., 397 N.W.2d 234 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “MCL 380.1502; MSA 15.41502 only requires a school district to provide a course in physical education, not interscholastic athletic programs.”
Grames v. King, 332 N.W.2d 615 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “We also view such programs as an adjunct of the school districts’ statutory mandate to provide students with physical education, MCL 380.1502; MSA 15.41502, and they are an aspect of the schools’ day-to-day operations.”
Livingston Cnty. Hockey Ass'n Inc v. Twp. of Genoa (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “, health risks and benefits that exist at some relevant population level. For example, coordinating the distribution of vaccines across the state during a pandemic would certainly fall within this category.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1502(1) — 1 case
Reid v. Kenowa Hills Pub. Schs., 680 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “41521 makes it clear that the participation of a school district in an interscholastic athletic association is merely permissive and not required.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1502(2) — 1 case
Reid v. Kenowa Hills Pub. Schs., 680 N.W.2d 62 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “41521 makes it clear that the participation of a school district in an interscholastic athletic association is merely permissive and not required.”
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