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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (20 23)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2257 By: Sterling
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to schools; directing school
41	41	districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment;
42	42	prescribing grade levels for student pa rticipation;
43	43	requiring certain methods to conduct ass essment;
44	44	providing exception for certain students ; directing
45	45	the State Department of Education to adopt an
46	46	assessment instrument; prescribing minimum required
47	47	contents for assessment; requiring development and
48	48	dissemination of annual report; prohibiting inclusion
49	49	of certain student information; requiring results of
50	50	assessment be provided to a parent or guardian;
51	51	directing analysis of performance results to find
52	52	correlations; permitting the Department to contract
53	53	with separate entity to conduct analysis; authorizing
54	54	certain funding; authorizing establishment of
55	55	recognition program; providing for codification; and
56	56	providing an effective date .
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62	62	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
63	63	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
64	64	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.9c of Title 70, unless
65	65	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
66	66	A. Beginning in the 202 4-2025 school year, each school district
67	67	shall conduct an annual fitness assessment, as approved by the State
68	68	Board of Education, each school year for students in grades three
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95	95	through twelve, to be conducted in a course that satisfies the
96	96	physical education program required pursu ant to Section 11-103.9 of
97	97	Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or during the s chool year where
98	98	the assessment can be administered by trained personnel, including,
99	99	but not limited to, school nurses, physical education and health
100	100	teachers, coaches and any othe r certified school employees. The
101	101	assessments shall include methods deeme d by the Board as appropriate
102	102	to ascertain levels of student physical fitness and factors and
103	103	standards required in subsection B of this section. A school
104	104	district shall not be required to conduct the annual fitness
105	105	assessment for students with a disability or other condition that
106	106	requires an exemption as determined by the State Department of
107	107	Education.
108	108	B. The State Department of Education shall adopt an assessme nt
109	109	instrument to be used by all school districts in assessing student
110	110	physical fitness that includes standards accessible to distric ts
111	111	which adequately express the most current and widely accepted best
112	112	practices and benchmarks in the areas of student health and physical
113	113	education. The minimum required conten ts of the assessment shall
114	114	address the measurements and assessment instrument to be used by a
115	115	school district in assessing student physical fitness under this
116	116	section. The assessment instrument shall:
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143	143	1. Be based on factors related to student health, inclu ding the
144	144	following factors that have been identified as essential to overall
145	145	health and function:
146	146	a. aerobic capacity,
147	147	b. body composition, and
148	148	c. muscular strength, endurance and flexibility; and
149	149	2. Include criterion-referenced standards specific to a
150	150	student's age and gender and based on the physical fitness level
151	151	required for good health.
152	152	C. A school district shall annually report the results of each
153	153	student's performance on the physi cal fitness assessment require d by
154	154	this section to the Board and the State Department of Health. The
155	155	results shall not contain the name of the student, the student 's
156	156	Social Security number or the student's date of birth. The
157	157	performance results provided to the Board pursuant to this
158	158	subsection may be used for assessing the effectiveness of health
159	159	programs and developing recommendations for modifications to
160	160	physical education and health and wellnes s programs or related
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162	162	D. Not later than the last day of the school year, a s chool
163	163	district shall provide a parent or guardian with a copy of the
164	164	results of the physical fitness assessment of the parent 's or
165	165	guardian's child. The results provided to a parent or guardian
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192	192	under this subsection shall be clear, precise, and easy to
193	193	understand.
194	194	E. 1. The State Department of Education and the State
195	195	Department of Health shall analyze the performance results provided
196	196	pursuant to subsection C of this sect ion and identify, for e ach
197	197	school district, any correlation between the results and t he
198	198	following:
199	199	a. student obesity,
200	200	b. student attendance levels,
201	201	c. student academic achievement levels,
202	202	d. student disciplinary problems, and
203	203	e. school meal programs.
204	204	2. The State Department of Education may contract with a public
205	205	or private entity for that entity to conduct all or part of the
206	206	analysis required in paragraph 1 of this subsection. The State
207	207	Department of Education's efforts may be supported with state,
208	208	federal or private fu nding, or a combination thereof.
209	209	F. The State Board of Educati on shall submit an annual report
210	210	to the Governor, beginning October 1, 202 4, and annually thereafter.
211	211	The report shall include the compliance status of each school
212	212	district. The Governor may, in coordination with the Board,
213	213	establish one or more recogniti on programs to acknowledge school
214	214	districts and schools which ha ve most improved in their physical
215	215	fitness assessments. The Governor may collaborate with private
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242	242	corporations in the development and implementation of recognition
243	243	programs pursuant to this s ubsection, including providing monetary
244	244	or other incentives to school districts or schools for attaining
245	245	certain levels of health status. All school districts or schools
246	246	receiving acknowledgment through a recognition program established
247	247	by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall also be recognized
248	248	on the Board's website.
249	249	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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