New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter G - Health And Physical Education › Part 135 - Health, Physical Education And Recreation › Section 135.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024.
Definitions as used in this Part:
(a) Commissioner means the Commissioner of
				  Education.
(b) Department means the
				  Education Department of the State of New York.
(c) Satisfactory, appropriate, approved,
				  acceptable, adequate, equivalent, essential, sufficient, suitable mean
				  satisfactory, appropriate, approved, acceptable, adequate, equivalent,
				  essential, sufficient, suitable, respectively, in the judgment of the
				  commissioner.
(d) School personnel
				  means persons employed by school authorities in conducting the
				  schools.
(e) Adaptive physical
				  education means a specially designed program of developmental activities,
				  games, sports and rhythms suited to the interests, capacities and limitations
				  of pupils with handicapping conditions who may not safely or successfully
				  engage in unrestricted participation in the activities of the regular physical
				  education program.
(f) Athletic
				  association means an approved central organization of schools joined together
				  on a large geographic area or statewide basis for the purpose of governing
				  athletic programs for all its member schools.
(g) Bona fide student means a regularly
				  enrolled student who is taking sufficient subjects to make an aggregate amount
				  of three courses and who satisfies the physical education
				  requirement.
(h) Extra class
				  periods in physical education mean those sessions organized for instruction and
				  practice in skills, attitude s and knowledge through participation in
				  individual, group and team activities organized on an intramural, extramural, interschool athletic or inclusive athletic basis to supplement regular physical
				  education class instruction.
(i)
				  Extramural activities mean those games or other events which involve the
				  participation of pupils from two or more school districts and which are
				  conducted as play-days or sports days at the end of the intramural
				  season.
(j) Health education means
				  instruction in the understandings, attitudes and behavior in relation to the
				  several dimensions of health, including but not limited to the misuse of
				  alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the prevention and detection of certain
				  cancers, safety, mental health, nutrition, dental health, sensory awareness,
				  disease prevention and control, environmental and public health, consumer
				  health, first aid, and other health-related areas.
(k) Instructional physical education means
				  the required physical education program which has as its foundation planned
				  sequential learning experiences for all students.
(l) Interschool activities mean those which
				  provide competition between representatives of two or more schools and which
				  offer enriched opportunities for the selected and more highly skilled
				  individuals.
(m) Intramural
				  activities mean those activities conducted within one school district involving
				  only those pupils enrolled in such school district and which are organized to
				  serve the entire enrollment.
(n)
				  Invitation activities mean those games or other events dealing with one sport,
				  arranged by invitation of one school to one or more other schools without
				  leading to any formal schedule and championship.
(o) League means an organization of schools
				  joined for the purpose of providing athletic competition among schools of
				  comparable size, interests, and within reasonable distance of each
				  other.
(p) Mixed competition means
				  the combination of male and female pupils participating on the same interschool
				  athletic teams.
(q) Organized
				  practice means a session of an athletic squad or group organized for
				  interschool athletics for the purpose of providing instruction and practice in
				  physical conditioning activities, skills, team play and game strategy, under
				  the supervision of a qualified school official.
(r) Physical fitness activities mean those
				  physical activities which are designed to develop endurance, strength and
				  agility and to fit the individual so that he can perform the task repeatedly
				  without undue fatigue and with a reserve capacity to meet unexpected stresses
				  and hazards.
(s) Physiological
				  maturity means a stage of maturation identified by the school physician in
				  determining an appropriate level of interschool athletic competition in
				  accordance with standards established by the commissioner.
(t) Recreation means the program which is
				  organized to include types of activities such as arts and crafts, athletics,
				  dramatics, music, rhythms, sports, swimming and water safety provided at the
				  discretion of school district authorities under the supervision of qualified
				  personnel and designed to provide for the worthy use of leisure by individuals
				  and groups.
(u) Sports day means a
				  day when pupils from two or more schools meet and engage in a variety of
				  competitive sports events.
(v)
				  Section means an organization of schools within a specified geographic area
				  which holds membership in an athletic association, and is established for the
				  purpose of administering athletic programs for the member schools and leagues
				  within such area.
(w) Inclusive
				  athletic activities mean those activities which provide competition between
				  representatives of two or more schools and which combine students with and
				  without disabilities on teams for the purpose of interscholastic play and which
				  ensure proportional representation of students with and without
				  disabilities