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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (20 23)
HOUSE BILL 2257 By: Sterling
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; directing school
districts to conduct an annual fitness assessment;
prescribing grade levels for student pa rticipation;
requiring certain methods to conduct ass essment;
providing exception for certain students ; directing
the State Department of Education to adopt an
assessment instrument; prescribing minimum required
contents for assessment; requiring development and
dissemination of annual report; prohibiting inclusion
of certain student information; requiring results of
assessment be provided to a parent or guardian;
directing analysis of performance results to find
correlations; permitting the Department to contract
with separate entity to conduct analysis; authorizing
certain funding; authorizing establishment of
recognition program; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.9c of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning in the 202 4-2025 school year, each school district
shall conduct an annual fitness assessment, as approved by the State
Board of Education, each school year for students in grades three
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through twelve, to be conducted in a course that satisfies the
physical education program required pursu ant to Section 11-103.9 of
Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes or during the s chool year where
the assessment can be administered by trained personnel, including,
but not limited to, school nurses, physical education and health
teachers, coaches and any othe r certified school employees. The
assessments shall include methods deeme d by the Board as appropriate
to ascertain levels of student physical fitness and factors and
standards required in subsection B of this section. A school
district shall not be required to conduct the annual fitness
assessment for students with a disability or other condition that
requires an exemption as determined by the State Department of
Education.
B. The State Department of Education shall adopt an assessme nt
instrument to be used by all school districts in assessing student
physical fitness that includes standards accessible to distric ts
which adequately express the most current and widely accepted best
practices and benchmarks in the areas of student health and physical
education. The minimum required conten ts of the assessment shall
address the measurements and assessment instrument to be used by a
school district in assessing student physical fitness under this
section. The assessment instrument shall:
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1. Be based on factors related to student health, inclu ding the
following factors that have been identified as essential to overall
health and function:
a. aerobic capacity,
b. body composition, and
c. muscular strength, endurance and flexibility; and
2. Include criterion-referenced standards specific to a
student's age and gender and based on the physical fitness level
required for good health.
C. A school district shall annually report the results of each
student's performance on the physi cal fitness assessment require d by
this section to the Board and the State Department of Health. The
results shall not contain the name of the student, the student 's
Social Security number or the student's date of birth. The
performance results provided to the Board pursuant to this
subsection may be used for assessing the effectiveness of health
programs and developing recommendations for modifications to
physical education and health and wellnes s programs or related
curriculum.
D. Not later than the last day of the school year, a s chool
district shall provide a parent or guardian with a copy of the
results of the physical fitness assessment of the parent 's or
guardian's child. The results provided to a parent or guardian
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under this subsection shall be clear, precise, and easy to
understand.
E. 1. The State Department of Education and the State
Department of Health shall analyze the performance results provided
pursuant to subsection C of this sect ion and identify, for e ach
school district, any correlation between the results and t he
following:
a. student obesity,
b. student attendance levels,
c. student academic achievement levels,
d. student disciplinary problems, and
e. school meal programs.
2. The State Department of Education may contract with a public
or private entity for that entity to conduct all or part of the
analysis required in paragraph 1 of this subsection. The State
Department of Education's efforts may be supported with state,
federal or private fu nding, or a combination thereof.
F. The State Board of Educati on shall submit an annual report
to the Governor, beginning October 1, 202 4, and annually thereafter.
The report shall include the compliance status of each school
district. The Governor may, in coordination with the Board,
establish one or more recogniti on programs to acknowledge school
districts and schools which ha ve most improved in their physical
fitness assessments. The Governor may collaborate with private
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corporations in the development and implementation of recognition
programs pursuant to this s ubsection, including providing monetary
or other incentives to school districts or schools for attaining
certain levels of health status. All school districts or schools
receiving acknowledgment through a recognition program established
by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall also be recognized
on the Board's website.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5695 EK 12/12/22