HB 85 - SB 158
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 25, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Alan Hampton | Email: alan.hampton@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 85 - SB 158
SUMMARY OF BILL: Increases, from 130 minutes per school week to 60 minutes per
school day, the minimum amount of physical activity local education agencies (LEAs) are required
to offer elementary students. Establishes additional physical activity requirements for elementary
students.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 49-6-1021(a) and 49-6-1021(b), LEAs are required to offer
elementary students a minimum of 130 minutes of physical activity per full school week and
at least one 15-minute period of physical activity per day.
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1021(e)(1), in addition to the integration of physical
activity into the instructional school day, LEAs must require each student in elementary
school to participate in a physical education class that meets at least two times per full
school week during the school year. The total physical education class time each full school
week must be no less than 60 minutes.
• After counting the required 60 minutes of physical education class time each week, each
elementary school student must have 70 (130 - 60) additional minutes per week of physical
activity.
• The proposed legislation increases the amount of required physical activity for elementary
students from 130 minutes a week to 60 minutes per day, including one 30-minute physical
activity session in the morning and one session in the afternoon. However, per the
legislation, physical activity does not include the time spent by a student in a physical
education class.
• The total amount of required physical activity for elementary students each week will be 300
(60 minutes x 5 days) minutes. This is an increase of 230 (300 - 70) minutes per week and
45 (60 - 15) minutes per day of required physical activity.
• An increase in the amount of time dedicated to physical activity will reduce the total
amount of time during the school day that may be available for classroom instruction,
lunch, and other activities. However, there is no change in the length of the school day.
• The current staffing levels and needs of each school serving elementary students is
unknown; however, it is assumed that LEAs will be able to absorb the increased duration of
physical activity time for elementary students each week with existing staff and resources
such that any fiscal impact is estimated to be not significant.
• No impact to state government.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director